Sanford v. Head

Citations

• 5 Cal. 297
• 1855 Cal. LEXIS 117

Syllabus

<p>The District Judge, whilst sitting in an equity cause, is possessed of all the powers of a Court of Chancery.</p> <p>The District Court being a Court of general jurisdiction, can, in a case in equity, where fraud and collusion arc charged against a Judge in entering an order or decree, review the same and annul it, if the facts justify such a conclusion.</p> <p>A Court of Chancery has full power to set asido decrees obtained by fraud, on an original hill filed for that purpose.</p>