Washington Home for Incurables v. American Security & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPLICATIONS POE THE ALLOWANCE OP AN APPEAL PEOM THE COUET OP APPEALS OP THE DISTBICT OP COLUMBIA, AND POE A WEIT OP EEEOE TO THE SAME. The facts, which involve the construction of the provisions of the Judicial Code of March 3, 1911, in regard to appeals to this court from the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, are stated in the opinion. The saving clause of the Judicial Code, § 299, clearly preserves the right of appeal in this case.
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APPLICATIONS POE THE ALLOWANCE OP AN APPEAL PEOM THE COUET OP APPEALS OP THE DISTBICT OP COLUMBIA, AND POE A WEIT OP EEEOE TO THE SAME. The facts, which involve the construction of the provisions of the Judicial Code of March 3, 1911, in regard to appeals to this court from the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, are stated in the opinion. The saving clause of the Judicial Code, § 299, clearly preserves the right of appeal in this case. Its language would have to be wrested from its evident meaning to bar the appeal. Giving to the language of § 299 the consideration warranted by the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These are applications for the allowance of an appeal and writ of error, respectively. The cases come before the court under the same circumstances as the application for a writ of error just decided. American Security & Trust Co. v. District of Columbia, post, p. 491.
The first named, is a bill in equity that was pending in the Court of Appeals on January 1, 1912, and decided on March 4, 1912. The matter in dispute in both, exclusive of costs, exceeds the sum of five thousand dollars. The law before the enactment of the Judicial Code of March 3, 1911, c. 231, 36 Stat. 1087, allowed a writ of…
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