Tryon v. Jennings

—An appeal was taken in this case by the defendants from the determination of the Marine Court, at general term, and which, on being called in its order on the calendar of the general term of this court, was affirmed by default, no one appearing on behalf of the appellants. It is now urged that the omission to appear arose from the business engagements of the appellants’ attorneys elsewhere at the time, and through which this case was unintentionally overlooked.

It does not seem out of place to here remark, that owing to the great number of appeals taken to this court from the Marine and…