Thomas v. Gabrielle Brockenbrough, John Harvie, Edwin Harvie, Jacqueline Harvie, Julia Ann Harvie, Heirs at Law, and Devisees of John Harvie
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the Circuit. Court of Kentucky. The appellant, Thomas, filed in that Court, at the November term, 1818, a bill to review. and reverse a final decree of the. same Court, pronounced at the May term, 1810, by which the plaintiff in the bill of review, and defendant in the original suit, was decreed to convey to the heirs of John Harvie, the plaintiffs in the original suit, a certain tract of land, which formed the subject of controversy in that suit..
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APPEAL from the Circuit. Court of Kentucky. The appellant, Thomas, filed in that Court, at the November term, 1818, a bill to review. and reverse a final decree of the. same Court, pronounced at the May term, 1810, by which the plaintiff in the bill of review, and defendant in the original suit, was decreed to convey to the heirs of John Harvie, the plaintiffs in the original suit, a certain tract of land, which formed the subject of controversy in that suit.. The bill-of review, after stating the substance, of the original bill, which was filed by John Harvie, and the bill of revivor, after…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Washington
The first error assigned in the bill of review,, involves the merits of. the original cause, and was intended to induce, a re-examination of the title of the plaintiffs in that cause, the validity of which had been established by the decree. But, previous to an investigation of that subject, a preliminary question has been suggested by the counsel for the appellee, which the Court is called upon to consider. The record shows, that the order of the Court, permitting the bill to be filed, was granted eight years subsequent to the final decree in the original cause; and the question to be…
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