Majority — Waite C.J.
p. 784KILLIAN, Administrator, v. CLARK. Submitted April 17th, 1884. Decided May 5th, 1884.
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APPEAL PROM THE.SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.Appeal
Grigsby v. Purcell, 99 U. S. 595 , that"“-an appeal will be dismissed, when, at , the term to which it was returnable, the transcript was, by reason of the laches of the appellant,1 not filed, or the eause docketed in this court .” cited and affirmed.
Mr. William J. Miller for appellants.
Mr. Francis Miller for appellee.
delivered the opinion of the court.
This appeal is dismissed. The decree appealed from.was entered on the 20th of May, 1878, ahd. an appeal afiowed these appellants in open court on the- 22d of May; No bond for thé appeal was given until the 7th of October,, 1881, the day on which the cause was for the first time-docketed here. The appeal of May 22d, 18.78, became inoperative by reason of the failure to give the necessary bond and docket the case here during, the October term, 1878, Grigsby v. Purcell, 99 U. S. 505 , and the acceptance of the bond in October, 1881, cannot have the effect of an allowance of a new appeal, because it was more than two years after the decree had been entered.
:Dismissed.-
Cases cited
- 99 U. S. 595 99 U. S. 595 p. 784
- Grigsby v. Purcell 99 U. S. 505 p. 784