27 Mo. 544 | Mo. | 1858
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case was a suit in chancery commenced in 1847, under the old practice. Under that practice, bills of exceptions were as necessary in chancery as in common law suits. The accounts settled by the court or by a commissioner appointed by the court could only be reviewed here on objections and exceptions to the opinions of the court. When an account was settled by a commissioner, exceptions were taken, and they were stated in the report together with the evidence and reported to the court, who decided the points raised before the commissioner if they were renewed, and on that decision an exception was taken as in all other cases. There is nothing in this record but the final decree which can be reviewed by this court. The calculations and evidence on which that decree is based not being preserved, there are no means of ascertaining its correctness.
There was no error in the court’s refusal to permit Frissell to file what is termed a supplemental bill for the partition and sale of lands in Ralls county, which were a part of Madden’s estate. We do not see the principle on which the hill is founded. Besides, the bill professes ignorance of the state of the title and of the quantity of the land sought to be sold and divided. It seems Madden held an undivided interest in a tract of land situated in Ralls county, which was confirmed by the act of Congress of July 4th, 1836. Most of the land had been sold by the United States before the confirmation, and certificates of new location have issued, but it is said they have not been delivered. The quantity of the land sold by the United States has not been ascertained. As
The other judges concurring, the judgment will be affirmed.