Knox County v. Harshman

Citations

• 133 U.S. 152
• 10 S. Ct. 257
• 33 L. Ed. 586
• 1890 U.S. LEXIS 1897

Syllabus

<p>A court of equity does not interfere with judgments at law, unless the complainant has an equitable defence of Which he could not avail himself at law, or had a good defence at law which he was prevented from availing himself of by fraud or accident, unmixed with negligence of himself or his agents.</p> <p>Sarshman V. Knox County, Í22 U. S. 306, affirmed.</p> <p>Where by statute the summons in any action against a county may be served upon the clerk of the county court, and the officer’s return in such an action shows süch a service, the county cannot maintain a bill in equity, to restrain process of execution upon the judgment, on the ground that service was not made upon the clerk, or that he did not inform the county court thereof.</p>