Worrell v. Wade's Heirs

Tbe controversy between tbe parties is equitable in its character, and ended in a failure of tbe plaintiff to establish tbe charges in her bill; and the same was accordingly dismissed. Tbe answer of tbe defendants was in tbe nature of a cross-bill, which was also dismissed, against tbe protest of the defendants, upon tbe ground that tbe dismissal of tbe original bill worked a discontinuance of tbe whole controversy. From this ruling of tbe court the appeal conies, and involves simply a question of practice; to apprehend which, as applicable to the case before us, a brief statement of tbe…