Kendrick v. Wheatley

The only question we shall consider in 'this case is, whether the Circuit Court of Breckinridge County had jurisdiction upon any ground presented by the bill,

As the defendants neither resided, nor were served process, in Breckinridge, and as one of .them, and the only one against whom the decree was rendered, never answered the bill, or entered an. appearance, waiving objection to the jurisdiction, the court had no right to take cognizance of the bill, and render the decree rescinding the contract for the land in BreckinCounty; because a suit for rescission, or for a spe- ° J ’ . . r cific…