Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Winter
New York Court of Chancery
Decided October 12, 1816PublishedCited by 2 opinions
WELLS, for the plaintiff, presented a petition, sworn to, and accompanied with due notice of the application, to have the final decree, which was entered in this cause on the 14th of July, 1815, corrected, by adding to it supplementary provisions.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
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A final decree, regularly obtained and enrolled, cannot be opened or altered, in this Court, *but upon a bill of review, and, if not enrolled, it can only be corrected upon a rehearing, duly applied for under the rules of the Court.
Motion denied, with costs.
2Cited by2 opinions
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