Cahill v. Mayor of Baltimore

A motion to dismiss this appeal has been made by the appellee on the ground that it was not taken within two months from the date of the judgment, which was rendered on the 6th of December, 1899. The record does show that the appeal was taken on June 27th, 1900, but the affidavits filed satisfy us that an order to enter an appeal.was signed by the attorney for the appellant and left by him in the clerk’s office on the 3rd day of January, 1900. Mr. Clendinen, the attorney, swears positively and unequivocally, than he did leave such an order on that date with one of the clerks in the office who…