Stafford v. the Union Bank of Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the.District Court of the United States for the State of Texas. . It will be seen, by a reference to 12 How» 327, that .this case was formerly before this court, and that the decree of the court below (dismissing the bill filed by the Union Bank) was reversed. In the execution of the mandate of this court, the District Court of Texas passed a decree on the 25th of February, 1854, from which Stafford and wife appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice M’Lean
This is .an appeal from the District Court of Texas, and a motion is máde to dismiss it, ,on the ground that security has been given in the sum of ten thousand .dollars only, when the sum decreed to be paid was sixty-five thousand dollars. And a procedendo is prayed, commanding the District Court to execute the decree.
Notice of this motion was acknowledged by the counsel for the appellant the 11th of March, 1854.
As the appeal was taken since the commencement of the present term, the appellant is not bound to file the record until the next term.
By the decree in the District Court, a mortgage…
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