Moore v. Olin

The Chief Justice;

This Court has no jurisdiction over the subject of this motion. The statute (§3597, Comp. L.) requires the party claiming an appeal in chancery to execute a bond conditioned to perform the decree of this Cdurt, &c. The penalty of *329this bond is to be fixed, and the sureties approved, by a judge or circuit court commissioner. The power vested in these officers is exclusive; and to entertain this motion, or any other of a kindred nature, would be, in reality, the exercise of an appellate jurisdiction not vested in the Court. If the bond were solely to secure the payment of…