Walsh v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case : The facts and circumstances by which the claimant sought to obtain an allowance of his appeal wane pro tune are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
In this motion the claimant sets out that on the 12th day of March, 1885, this court gave judgment in said case in his favor for $3,107.11; that- 'he instructed his attorney to take an appeal if the defendant appealed; that his attorney understood that no appeal was to betaken by the defendant, and relying upon that understanding he took no appeal, and did not learn that one had been taken by the defendants until the time for filing his application had expired. He now “ prays that he may be re-instated in his right of appeal and allowed an…
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- Ex Parte ZellnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
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