Thompson v. Chapeau

No further statement of the facts of the case than that which appears in the headnote is necessary to an understanding of the ruling made. We are of the opinion that the judgment of the court of ordinary granting letters dismissory to Chapeau as executor of the will of George W. Thompson, which the plaintiff in error was seeking to have propounded for probate in solemn form, is conclusive in his favor as against the applicant, so long as it remains of force and until set aside upon some legal and sufficient showing in proceedings instituted for that purpose in a court, of competent…