Legal Opinion
Georgia Hardwood Lumber Co. v. Compania De Navegacion Transmar, S. A.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 2, 1945No. 180PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
This is an admiralty case here on certiorari from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. A single question is presented. Petitioner claims that the appeal from the District Court to the Circuit Court of Appeals was not properly taken. Since the Rules of Civil Procedure do not apply to proceedings in admiralty, 1 the question is whether the requirements of § 8 (c) of the Act of February 13, 1925, 43 Stat. 936, 940, 28 U. S. C. § 230, were met. That section provides:
“No writ of error or appeal intended to bring any judgment or decree before a circuit court of appeals for review…
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