Stephen v. Lewis
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, in Equity. This appeal was taken from an order ratifying account H, and rejecting accounts, D, E, and F, of the auditor, and directing the appellant to bring into Court, on or before the first Monday in September, 1883, the sum of $227.51, the same being the amount due the appellee, together with the costs of the proceeding as taxed by the clerk of the Court, amounting to $48.45.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The appeal in this case must be dismissed. The order appealed from, was passed on the 1st of August, 1883, *230and the appeal was not taken until the 30th of November, 1883.
The rule now in force regulating the time within which an appeal must be taken, and which rule has all the force and effect of a statute, went into effect on the 1st of September, 1883. This rule limits the time within which an appeal must be taken to “ two months from the date of the judgment or determination, order or decree appealed from.” The appellant in this case had the whole period of two months allowed within which to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Isaac v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1864
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