Legal Opinion

Trimble v. Longworth

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1862PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Bill oí Review. Reserved in the district court of Hamilton county. This bill of review was filed June 29, 1847, in the court of common pleas of Hamilton county, by certain heirs and descendants of heirs of Timothy Trimble, deceased, against Nicholas Longworth, the heirs of James King and of Nathaniel P. Hill, who were also heirs of Timothy Trimble, deceased, and the surviving husbands of Elizabeth Hunter and Sarah Comfort, also heirs of said Timothy Trimble.

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Bill oí Review. Reserved in the district court of Hamilton county. This bill of review was filed June 29, 1847, in the court of common pleas of Hamilton county, by certain heirs and descendants of heirs of Timothy Trimble, deceased, against Nicholas Longworth, the heirs of James King and of Nathaniel P. Hill, who were also heirs of Timothy Trimble, deceased, and the surviving husbands of Elizabeth Hunter and Sarah Comfort, also heirs of said Timothy Trimble. The bill seeks to review and reverse a decree against the heirs of said Timothy Trimble, rendered in said court of common pleas, in…

1Opinion of the CourtPeck, J.

Several grounds for the reversal of the decree in this case have been suggested, but we deem it necessary to notice those only which relate to an alleged want of jurisdiction in the court pronouncing it, over the persons of the defendants ; and the rendition of such decree against minors, without the appointment of, and an answer by, a guardian ad litem in their behalf.

1. As to jurisdiction over the persons of defendants.

The original bill was filed in the Hamilton common pleas, June 30, 1835, against the heirs of Timothy Trimble, deceased, one Isabella Hill, being then a minor, though not so…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wilkins v. PhilipsOhio Supreme Court · 1827

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Fitzsimmons v. JohnsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Johnson v. JonesNebraska Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Young v. HinerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
  4. Wilkin v. KeithMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Finley v. ChamberlinSupreme Court of Florida · 1903

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