Western Dredging & Improvement Co. v. Heldmaier
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In error to the Circuit Court of the United "States for the Northern District of Illinois. On Motion for Leave to Refile Bill of Exceptions. This cause was tried February 8, 1901, before the district judge of the United‘States for the Eastern district of Wisconsin, presiding by assignment in the circuit court of the United States for the Northern district of Illinois, and to a jury, resulting in a verdict for the defendant by direction of the court.
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In error to the Circuit Court of the United "States for the Northern District of Illinois. On Motion for Leave to Refile Bill of Exceptions. This cause was tried February 8, 1901, before the district judge of the United‘States for the Eastern district of Wisconsin, presiding by assignment in the circuit court of the United States for the Northern district of Illinois, and to a jury, resulting in a verdict for the defendant by direction of the court. On the same day, a motion for a new trial being overruled, judgment was entered in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff was allowed sixty…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, Circuit Judge
The common-law rule that after the term at which a judgment is rendered the court is without authority to do any act which would impair the conclusiveness, affect the finality, or impeach the validity of the judgment probably had its origin in the fact that in England the judge was commissioned by the crown to hold a particular term of court, and with the adjournment of the term the commission expired, and the judge was without further authority to act with respect to matters occurring at that term. If that were the only reason for the rule, it could have no standing in this country, where…
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