Zimmern v. United States

While a careful reconsideration convinces us that we did not err in dismissing the appeals, we think our reasons for doing so should be more fully stated.

All of the petitions insist that the appeal time runs not from March 3, 1934, when the decree ordering sale was entered, but from August 13, 1934, when the ninth paragraph was added, providing that the property was to be sold subject to Mrs. Zimmern’s dower rights. If they are correct in this, their appeals were in time.

Mrs. Leila Zimmern, in addition, presents the point that she did file a motion for rehearing in time, and that her time for…