French v. Harrod

The defendants have moved for the dismissal of the appeal in this case, on the ground that the transcript was not filed in this Court on the return day, to-wit, the 28th of June, 1862, nor within three judicial days thereafter.

It appears that the transcript was filed on the 6th of November, 1862, and that, in the interval, the Court was in session on the 28th, 29th, and 30th of June; on the 1st, 2d, and 3d of July, and on the 3d, 4th, and 6th of November, the day on which the transcript was filed.

Granting the appellants the benefit of any doubt which might have existed in their minds as to…