Patterson v. Scott

This is an appeal from a decree of the Superior Court in chancery. The appellant sought relief from former decrees of the Circuit Court, entered by default.

Without going into detail, it is enough to say that the appellant based his title to relief upon Sec. 135 of the criminal code, which provides that “ all judgments, mortgages, assurances, bonds, notes, bills, specialties, promises, covenants, agreements and other acts, deeds, securities or conveyances, given, granted, drawn or executed contrary to the provisions of this act, may be set aside and vacated by any court of equity, upon bill…