Brewer v. Dodge

The bill in this case is for a specific performance of a parol contract claimed to have been made good by possession and payment in full. A decree was taken for com- • plainant by default at the hearing in April, 1870. This decree was afterwards opened and new testimony taken, and the bill was finally dismissed.

The complainant claims that the decree was unlawfully opened, and could not be disturbed, and also that the last ■ decree is not in accordance with the merits.

*360If we could look into the merits, we should take time for a full and careful examination of the facts, which are voluminous and…