King v. Robinson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Writ of error, brought by guardian to recall or reverse a judgment recovered by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error. The record of that judgment showed that the plaintiff in error appeared by attorneys and. pleaded to an issue, upon which a verdict was rendered against him. The defendant moved that the writ be quashed. The first two- grounds of the motion were founded upon some alleged irregularities in the preliminary proceedings.
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Writ of error, brought by guardian to recall or reverse a judgment recovered by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error. The record of that judgment showed that the plaintiff in error appeared by attorneys and. pleaded to an issue, upon which a verdict was rendered against him. The defendant moved that the writ be quashed. The first two- grounds of the motion were founded upon some alleged irregularities in the preliminary proceedings. The third ground was that the record of the original action showed that the then defendant appeared by his attorneys and pleaded to an issue,…
1Opinion of the CourtShepley, C. J.
— This writ of error coram nobis has been commenced by the guardian of the original defendant to procure the recall or reversal of a judgment rendered in this Court.
A motion was made to quash the writ and proceedings for certain alleged irregularities, which motion was overruled, and exceptions were filed and allowed, which have been waived, *121as it is said, to have a decision upon the merits. The exceptions are therefore overruled, but this will authorize no inference, that the proceedings are considered to have been correct.
The error assigned is, “ that the said King at the time of the…
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