Whitesides v. Brien's
Whitesides v. Brien's
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The cause set forth in the petition to vacate the judgment of the 11th of June, 1868, is not embraced in Sections 579 nor 373 of the Code of Practice. And unless one or more of the grounds therein enumerated existed for modifying, or vacating the judgment, the court below had no jurisdiction of the case.
But we do not perceive how appellants were prejudiced by the judgment. They certainly had no legal title to the land, either in fee, for life, or for a term of years, if the same was held under the wills of Whitesides and McCracken, as appears to be the case from the record before us. The" legal title passed by the will of Whitesides to McCracken — and by his will Brien
Let the judgment be affirmed.
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