Morgan v. Steele

This suit in equity was heard in the Superior Court. A finding of facts was made by the presiding judge and a final decree entered in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant seasonably appealed. Thereafter the defendant filed a motion praying that the case be reopened and reviewed, on the ground that the trial on the merits was not postponed as requested.

The entry of the final decree ended the jurisdiction of the Superior Court to deal with the case except on a bill of review, save in exceptional instances of which this is not one. Thompson v. Goulding, 5 Allen, 81. White v. Gove, 183 Mass.…