First Congregational Church of Harvard v. Page

announced the decision of the court:

This is a motion made by' appellee to dismiss this appeal on the ground that appellants have not complied with the order of court in perfecting the appeal, in this: that the appeal prayed for and allowed was joint, while the appeal bond filed was signed by only one of the appellants.

It has been repeatedly held by this court that the right of appeal is purely statutory, and that a party, to avail himself of such a right, must strictly comply with the order of the court granting the appeal, and when a joint appeal is prayed and allowed all the appellants must…