Dougherty v. President & Faculty of St. Vincent's College
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Gape Girardeau Circuit Court. I. Nothing is better settled in this State, than that, after the term at which .a final judgment is rendered, the court cannot interfere with it.
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Error to Gape Girardeau Circuit Court. I. Nothing is better settled in this State, than that, after the term at which .a final judgment is rendered, the court cannot interfere with it. (Ashley vs. Glasgow, 7 Mo., 320 ; Hill vs. St, Louis, 20 Mo., 534; Brewer vs. Dinwiddie, 25 Mo., 351; Stacker vs. Cooper Circuit, Id., 403 ; Deickhart vs. Rutger, 45 Mo., 135; Dilworth vs. Rice, 48 Mo., 124; "Winston vs. Affalter, 49 Mo., 263 ; Martin vs. McLean, Id., 362; Saxton vs. Smith, 50 Mo., 490.) In Reed vs. Hansard, (37 Mo., 199,) this court says; “There must be some substantial ground of relief, which…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, Judge
This was an action in the nature of a bill in chancery to set aside and annul certain deeds set forth in the petition.
The summons was returnable to the November term, 1872, of the Circuit Court. The defendant by its attorney acknowledged, in writing on the writ, service of the same. Owing to some correspondence which was had between the attorneys for the respective parties, the defendant failed to appear or file answer, or otherwise plead to the petition, at the return term, and the plaintiff took a judgment for want of answer, and had it made final at the time of entering the interlocutory…
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