Southern Railway Co. v. Thomas

The final judgment of the trial court in this cause was entered August 9, 1943. The petition for a writ of error was filed with the clerk of this court November 8, 1943. The writ was granted November 30, 1943. Plaintiff in error had four months and fifteen days after the date of the final judgment, excluding the time the petition and the record were held by the court before the writ was granted, in which to execute a good and sufficient appeal bond: Virginia Code, 1942 (Mich'ie), section 6355. That statutory period elapsed January 15, 1944.

*791On December 29, 1943, the plaintiff in error caused…