Legal Opinion

O'Connor v. O'Connor

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 19, 1905No. 1,498PublishedCited by 1 opinion

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas.

1Opinion of the Court

SHELBY, Circuit Judge.

This was a motion made in the court below on December ÍJ9, 1904, to vacate and set aside a judgment dismissing a cause and striking it from the docket, which judgment was rendered and entered on May 16, 1890, more than 14 years and 7 months before the motion was entered. The defendants demurred to the motion, and assign as one of the grounds of demurrer that the court below had no jurisdiction to determine the motion, because it appeared from the motion that the “plaintiff’s remedy, if any he have, is upon the equity side of the docket.” The court sustained the demurrer,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bronson v. SchultenSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Phillips v. NegleySupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Tice v. School District No. 18, Adams CountyUnited States Circuit Court · 1883

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Forty Fort Coal Co. v. KirkendallDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1915

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