Story v. Jones

Spofford, J.*

The object of this suit is to annul a judgment rendered in the attachment case of Jones v. Story, in the District Court of Madison, and thus to set aside a Sheriff’s sale of the property attached.

The judgment sought to be overruled was rendered on the 1st of May, 1852, for the sum demanded, to wit, $168, with five per cent, interest from the 9th of May, 1851, and costs.

No appeal could lie from it, because the sum, if disputed, was so small.

It might be questioned whether this court has jurisdiction of a suit to annul a judgment from which no appeal could lie.

But if the original…