Holland v. Capital Transit Co.

On April 21, 1948, the appellant, appearing in propria persona, filed a notice of appeal from a judgment rendered on a ver diet of a jury awarding her damages against the appellee in the amount of $5,000 on a tort claim. Since that time the only steps the appellant has taken in the prosecution of her appeal have been the filing in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia of 2, and the filing in this court of 17, motions for extension of time in which to file the record, and the filing in both the District Court and this court of a petition, supported by an affidavit, for…