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9 Paige Ch. 322

Hyslop v. Powers

New York Court of Chancery

Decided October 5, 1841

New York Court of Chancery · decided 1841-10-05

This was an application by one of the defendants, to dismiss an appeal, from a final decree of the vice chancellor of the first circuit. The motion was founded upon an affidavit that the .appellant did not appear to argue the cause before the vice chancellor, at the time of making the decree appealed from.

Decided 1841-10-05

The Chancellor,

¶1said the principle upon which the court for the correction of errors refused to sustain an appeal by a party who had not appeared to argue the cause in the court below, was not applicable to this case. That the constitution had secured the right of appeal to the chancellor in all cases, where the decision of the vice chancellor or other inferior equity jurisdiction was erroneous j subject to such regulations as might be prescribed by statute or by the rules of the court. That if the vice chancellor, therefore, made an erroneous decision, upon an ex parte hearing before him, in a case in which the adverse party would not be entitled to apply to set aside the decree for irregularity, the party aggrieved by the decree was authorized to appeal to the chancellor, although he had not appeared to argue the case in the court below.

¶2Motion denied.

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