Ex Parte Dante
Supreme Court of the United States
IN MANDAMUS. The facts, which involve the construction of Rule 10 of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia prescribing the time within which appeals from the Supreme Court of the District must be taken, and the application of that rule to appeals where the judgment debtor has died within the prescribed period, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mu. Chief Justice White
delivered the opinion of the court.-
To a rule commanding the judges of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia to show cause why a certain action should not be reinstated on the docket of the court and heard and decided upon its merits, return was filed and hearing had on the issues raised. Before passing upon those issues we set out the facts of the controversy.
On April 16, 1912, in an action pending in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, a verdict was returned in favor of the plaintiff, India Bagby, against Stilson Hutchins. After the filing of a…
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