Boyden v. Reed
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Putnam county; the Hon. S. L. Richmond, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding in chancery, commenced in the circuit court of Bureau county, to set aside a decree rendered in that court, in 1855, on the ground that the decree was obtained by fraud, and taken by change of venue to Putnam county. The opinion contains a sufficient statement of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The bill in this case may properly be said to possess a twofold nature. The appellee insists, that it is purely an original bill to impeach a former decree on the ground of fraud, and the appellants insist, that it is a bill in the nature of a bill of review, on the ground of newly discovered evidence. Some of the elements common to. both classes of bills may be found combined in the present one.
A bill of review may be brought upon the discovery of new matter, but it must be relevant and material, and such as, if known, would probably have produced a different determination from that reached…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Reed v. KempIllinois Supreme Court · 1855
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