Schorr v. Weisfeld

On October 4, 1910, this court adopted a special rule to the effect that a party desiring to oppose a motion to dismiss an appeal for want of prosecution, “in addition to affidavits stating facts excusing the delay, *900must also submit affidavits stating concisely the facts out of which the controversy arose and the questions of law and fact involved in the said appeal, and showing that the appeal is a meritorious one.” Although this rule has been printed as a part of every calendar of this court issued since that date, until very recently, when it was printed and published with all other rules…