Legal Opinion

Brown v. McConnell

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 30, 1888PublishedCited by 36 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON. MotioN to dismiss. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite

The facts on which this motion rests are these:

A judgment was rendered by the Supreme Court of the Territory of Washington July 18, 1885, dismissing an appeal. On the 15th of July, 1886, Lorenzo D. Brown and Leander Holmes presented a bond as security for an appeal from this judgment to one of the justices of that court, and he, on the 21st of that month, indorsed upon it his approval. On the 17th of November, 1886, a citation was signed by the same justice, requiring McConnell, as appellee, to appear in this court to answer the appeal “ on the second Monday in October next,” which was the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. CurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1848
  2. Draper v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. Sage v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
  4. Brandies v. CochraneSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  5. Hewitt v. FilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1885

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3Cited by36 opinions

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  4. Simpson v. First Nat. BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
  5. Burley Welding Works, Inc. v. LawsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944

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