Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.

On February 27, 1922, the Fidelity Trust Company, as trustee of appellant Dora E. Rooker, applied to the court below and obtained an order approving a lease of certain tillable land — part of the trust estate — to one Thomas West for the crop year of 1922.

On March 4, 1922, appellants appeared specially and moved the court to set aside its order of approval for the reason that the order was made and entered without any notice whatever to either of these appellants, and without their knowledge, and therefore void. Further*451more, that a writ of error had been granted by the Supreme Court of…