Legal Opinion
Covey v. Williamson
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 20, 1923No. 795PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
This is a motion to quash a writ of error to the municipal court on the ground that it was not applied for in time. The statute provides that the application for the writ must be made “within ten days after the entry” of final judgment. The judgment was entered on December 14, and the petition presented on December 27, 1922, 13 days afterwards. There intervened two Saturday half holidays, two Sundays, and Christmas Day. Counting the first as one day, there were four days which plaintiff in error claims should be deducted from the time which elapsed between the rendition…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Robert Mitchell Furniture Co. v. Selden Breck Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Maresca v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
- Johnson v. MeyersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1893
- Meyer v. Hot Springs Imp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1909
- Siegelschiffer v. Penn Mut. Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Putnam v. HolmSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- Northwestern Public Service Co. v. PfeiferCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
- Shannon v. Ottawa Circuit JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1928
- Woodbury v. Andrew Jergens Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- Satovsky v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1924
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