Legal Opinion
Seymour v. Freer
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 26, 1867PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
72 U.S. 822 (____)
5 Wall. 822
SEYMOUR
v.
FREER.
Supreme Court of United States.
The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the opinion of the court.
We think that for the purposes of appeal this decree must be regarded as having been passed on the 20th, and that the bond was filed in time.
But if this were otherwise, and through mistake or accident no bond, or a defective bond, had been filed, this court would not dismiss the appeal, except on failure to comply with an order to give the proper security within such reasonable time as it might prescribe.[*] What is essential to an appeal is allowance, citation to…
2Cited by17 opinions
- Richards v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- In Re Hurley Mercantile Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
- Peugh v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Corcoran v. KostrometinoffCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908
- Green v. City of LynnCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1898
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