Green v. Elbert
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. ■On the 20th day of January, 1887, Thomas A. Green brought his action at law in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado against Samuel H. Elbert, William E. Beck, Joseph C. Helm, Merrick A. Rogers, Lucius P. Marsh and J. Jay Joslin, claiming damages in the sum of $50,000. April 18th, 1887, he filed his amended complaint in said cause, alleging a conspiracy on the part of…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. ■On the 20th day of January, 1887, Thomas A. Green brought his action at law in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado against Samuel H. Elbert, William E. Beck, Joseph C. Helm, Merrick A. Rogers, Lucius P. Marsh and J. Jay Joslin, claiming damages in the sum of $50,000. April 18th, 1887, he filed his amended complaint in said cause, alleging a conspiracy on the part of defendants Rogers, Marsh and Joslin to bring about a disbarment of plaintiff for filing a bill in equity, in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice Fuller,
after stating the case, delivered the- opinion of the court.
The transcript of the record may be filed at any day during the term succeeding the taking of an appeal or the bringing of a writ of. error, if. appellee or defendant in error has not in the meantime had the cause docketed and dismissed. But this cannot be done after the expiration of the term, because the writ of error has then become functus oficio, and the appeal has spent its force. Credit Co. v. Arkansas Central Railway Co., 128 U. S. 258; Evans v. State Bank, 134 U. S. 330. Remedies may be found where…
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