Davis v. Speiden
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from tbe Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
This is a bill of review for error apparent on the face of the record, and we think with the court below that on the merits it presents a case for reversal, because the averments in the original bill were not sufficiently precise and definite to warrant a decree such as was rendered, without proof. The only- question, therefore, is whether the court was right in dismissing the bill because the decree had not been performed.
One of Lord Bacon’s ordinances “ for the better and more regular administration of justice in' chancery, to be daily observed, saving the prerogative of the court,” was…
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