Rogers v. Battle

Mr. Gmm Justice G-keer

delivered the opinion of the Court.

A petition for a writ of error coram nobis was filed by defendant herein seeking relief from a decree obtained against him upon a pro confesso. The petition was dismissed on motion and the petitioner has appealed.

The original suit appears to have been for breach of a covenant respecting the title to the fixtures in a drug store sold by defendant to complainants. This transaction was witnessed by a written contract, hereafter more particularly set out.

The petitioner avers that When suit was brought he employed to represent him an…