Moore v. Shook

This was a bill purporting to be in the nature of a bill of review, filed by appellant in the circuit court of Madison county, praying that a decree of divorce be reviewed and so altered that the date when the evidence was heard and the court’s decision pronounced in open court be held to be the date when the decree became effective, rather than the date when the written decree was approved by the judge and thereafter filed with the clerk. A demurrer was sustained to the bill and this appeal followed.

The allegations of the bill are, substantially, that Dr. Isaac Moore, of Alton, in September,…