Lewis v. Holmes
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Bill by John A. Lewis and another, as executors of the will of John A. Dowie, deceased, against William B. Holmes and others. From an order dismissing the bill and striking the same from the files, complainants appeal.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Bill by John A. Lewis and another, as executors of the will of John A. Dowie, deceased, against William B. Holmes and others. From an order dismissing the bill and striking the same from the files, complainants appeal. The appellants filed in the Circuit Court a bill of review, for alleged errors apparent on the face of the record, under a prior bill of complaint filed therein by the appellee Holmes against their testator and other ’parties named, and another bill filed by their…
1Opinion of the CourtSeaman, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). 1 ae appellants’ bill, which was “stricken from the files” and dismissed by the order or decree of the Circuit Court, is unquestionably framed as a bill of review for alleged errors apparent on the face of the record therein set forth. It is deemed sufficient to mention that the voluminous averments purport to state, in substance, the pleadings and proceedings of record, under a bill of complaint theretofore filed in such court by the appellee Holmes against John Alexander Dowie (appellants’ testator) and other parties named, together with another bill in…
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