Continental Insurance v. United States

The appeals which brought this case here were taken under the Act of Congress approvéd February 11, 1903, c. 544, 32 Stat. 823, as modified by § 291 of the Judicial Code. Ordinarily the scope of our review of the decree of the District Court would be limited to the assignments of error of the appellants, but in this case, as the decree which is before us was entered under a mandate' of this court, we have jurisdiction to consider on our own motion whether our mandate has been complied with. We delegated to the District Court the duty of formulating a decree in compliance with the principles…