William v. Craig

This suit has exhibited continued evidence of the most singular negligence in its prosecution from its commencement to its submission for revision in tills court. It was commenced in 1841 and permitted to linger on Hie docket, without any efforts to bring it to a trial, until 1840, when a decree and judgment were awarded against the plaintiff. Then, after, a lapse of two yf-ars, it was brought by writ of error into this court, and submitted without argument and in disregard of the rule of court requiring that briefs should bo filed. Had exceptions been taken on a motion to dismiss on account…