Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Evans

The appellee moves the court to dismiss appellant’s appeal in this case, and assigns for cause that a certified copy of the record of the judgment appealed from was not filed in this court in apt time required by the statute. The facts are as follows s The September term of the Circuit Court, A. D. 1890, of which the judgment in question was appealed from, adjourned November 22,1890. The next term of the Appellate Court convened December 2, 1890. If the day on which the Circuit Court adjourned be excluded and the first day of the Appellate Court be included, then ten days elapsed between the…