Legal Opinion

Rogers v. Rogers

New York Court of Chancery

Decided September 8, 1828PublishedCited by 42 opinions

The statement of this case is contained in 1 Hopkins’ Rep. 515, and in the opinion of the Chancellor.

1Opinion of the Court

The Chancellor :—The application to amend the original decree in this cause, if it had been made in time, might have been allowed, provided there was an obvious omission or mere mistake in drawing up the decree. If the complainants ever had any remedy of this kind, which is somewhat doubtful as to part of their claim at least, it has been lost by *190delay. They were apprized of the supposed mistake in the decree, and their attention was particularly called to it, as early as March, 1827, when the objections were made to the draft of the master’s report. The same was again brought distinctly to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Haleys v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1829
  2. M'Campbell v. M'CampbellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1824

3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Sipperly v. . BaucusNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
  2. Buckley v. BuckleyNew York Supreme Court · 1850
  3. Farnum v. BascomMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
  4. Rawson v. . LampmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
  5. Leonard v. SteeleNew York Supreme Court · 1848

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