Swift & Co. v. Fox

• This is an appeal from a decree dismissing an original Bill. The record contains only the original bill, the exhibits thereto, the citation for the defendants, and the decree of the court. The case was evidently considered by the court without objection from the parties as if it were presented by bill and demurrer thereto.

The bill was filed by the appellant andi alleges, in substance, that Reed Brothers, a corporation, obtained a judgment in the court of the justice of the peace against Roden, and had the same enrolled in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of Clay county. On the…