Legal Opinion

Williamson v. Electric Service Supplies Co.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided June 20, 1917No. 2235Published

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; J. Whitaker Thompson, Judge. Suit in equity by James E. Williamson against the Electric Service Supplies Company. From a decree (236 Fed. 353) dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals.

1Per curiam

We adopt as the opinion of this court what Judge Thompson has so well said in dismissing the bill. 236 Fed. 353.

The appellant seeks to raise a separate question to this effect: What costs may be charged by the clerk of a District Court for certifying a record on appeal that has been printed, not by himself, but by the appellant? On this subject a difference of opinion exists between the Eastern and the Western districts. In the Eastern district, 15 cents per folio is regarded as proper (Sarfert Co. v. Chipman [D. C.] 205 Fed. 937); while in the Western district a total charge of 50 cents only…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Rainey v. W. R. Grace & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Cavender v. CavenderU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1882
  3. McIlwaine v. EllingtonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western North Carolina · 1900
  4. Lovell-McConnell Manufacturing Co. v. Automobile Supply Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
  5. Hotsradt v. Delaware, L. & W. R. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Middle Pennsylvania · 1910

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