Wallen v. Huff

Decided September 15, 1847

Tennessee Supreme Court · decided 1847-09-15

A Bill of Review was filed in tlie Chancery Court at Tazewell to review a decision of the Supreme Court. The Chancellor dismissed the hill for want of jurisdiction and the complainant appealed to this Court.

Decided 1847-09-15

By the COURT:

¶1No bill of review lies in a Chancery Court or in this Court to review a decision of this Court. (1)

¶2Decree affirmed.

¶3 A bill of review will not lie in the Supreme Court upon a decree rendered there. Cox and Catron v. Breedlove et al., 2 Yerg. 499. (Craighead & White, special JJ. Peck, J., dissenting). Wilson v. Wilson, 10 Yerg. 200. Nor will a rehearing of a cause in the Supreme Court be granted at a term subsequent to final decree, although the cause was retained in the Supreme Court for the purpose of taking an account. Overton v. Bigelow, 10 Yerg. 48. See also Craig v. Buchannan, 1 Yerg.141.