Dancy v. Clark
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by tbe respondent, tbe Recorder of Heeds for tbe District of Columbia, from an order of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia, directing tbe issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel bim to receive and record a certificate of incorporation.
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Hearing on an appeal by tbe respondent, tbe Recorder of Heeds for tbe District of Columbia, from an order of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia, directing tbe issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel bim to receive and record a certificate of incorporation. Tbe Court in tbe opinion stated tbe case as follows: Tbe appellees, Horace F. Clark, William C. Prentiss, and Albanus S. T. Johnson, in their own name, and without seeking to use the name of the United States for the purpose, filed their petition in the supreme court of the District of Columbia for the writ of mandamus to be…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Morris
Motion was made in this court by the appellees to dismiss the last-mentioned appeal on the ground that the order had already been superseded by the bond given, and there had been no bond for costs filed. This motion was held over to the hearing on the merits. It does not seem to demand serious consideration by us. If the order of the court below had already been appealed from and a supersedeas bond given, this second appeal from the same order was, at the utmost, merely superfluous, and it does no harm to anyone. Nor was any bond for costs required. That was necessarily involved in the…
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