Selma and Meridian Railroad Company v. Louisiana National Bank of New Orleans
Supreme Court of the United States
Motion for leave to set aside an order dismissing an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama, under the ninth rule at the' last term, and for leave to file the record and docket the'cause at the present term.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
The appeal in this cause was taken June 16, 1875. It was the duty of the appellants, therefore, under rule 9, par. 1, to file a transcript of the record with the clerk, and docket the cause within the first sis days of the last term. The same rule provides, par. 3, that upon the filing of the transcript the appearance of counsel for appellant shall be entered. This was promulgated at the December Term, 1867, and has been in force since that time. 6 Wall. v. As early as the February Term, 1808, it was “ ordered that all parties in this court, not being residents of the United States, shall…
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