Legal Opinion
General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Lawrence
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1925No. 6874PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, Circuit Judge.
' TMs is a motion to dismiss the writ of error for lack of jurisdiction in tMs court because the writ was not perfected within the six months period allowed by tbe statute.
The judgment was entered March 4, 1924. The petition for writ of error and the assignments of error were filed before the District Judge August 20, 1924, and the *65writ was allowed by tho District Judge upon that date. The writ was not issued in the District Court until September 29, 1924.
The leading case upon the point now before the court is Brooks v. Norris, 11 How. 204, 13 L. Ed. 665, decided in 1850.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mussina v. CavazosSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Jehiel Brooks, in Error v. Samuel NorrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- Cardona v. QuinonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Scarborough v. PargoudSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Siegelschiffer v. Penn Mut. Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Sprague v. Chicago, B. & Q. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1927
- Hostetter v. SymesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
- Muckelroy v. BaldwinCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934