Cochran v. Couper

Citations

• 2 Del. Ch. 27

Syllabus

<p>A final decree, entered upon the record and signed by the Chancellor, dismissing the bill, and not directed to be without prejudice, is a bar to another bill filed between the same parties for the same subject matter.</p> <p>Practice as to rehearings and bills of review.</p> <p>The complainant, a married woman, had filed a previous bill in equity for arrearages of an annuity, claiming to recover sui juris on the ground of a divorce. The bill was dismissed for want of proof of the divorce. Held, that the decree, not being directed to be without prejudice, was • a bar to the present bill filed against the same defendant for the same subject matter.</p>