Kalanianaole v. Smithies

Citations

• 226 U.S. 462
• 33 S. Ct. 169
• 57 L. Ed. 303
• 1913 U.S. LEXIS 2252

Syllabus

<p>On a pure matter of form as to the parties in a suit coming here from a court of a Territory, and where the whole interest in a judgment sued upon was before that'court, this court should not go behind the local practice.</p> <p>A joint judgment ceases to be joint by the death of one of the parties.</p> <p>Where the joinder of an executor of a party whose interest has ceased is simply a mistake, it is not reversible error.</p>