Scotten v. Littlefield
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the principles of law Upon which bills of review are granted and their application -to this case, are stated in the opinion. No appeal lies to this court from the decree dismissing the bill of review. A bill of review cannot be filed after the time to appeal has expired. At the time of filing the bill of review the time to appeal had long since expired.
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APPEAL FROM CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the principles of law Upon which bills of review are granted and their application -to this case, are stated in the opinion. No appeal lies to this court from the decree dismissing the bill of review. A bill of review cannot be filed after the time to appeal has expired. At the time of filing the bill of review the time to appeal had long since expired. Thomas v. Harvey, 10 Wheat. 146. There is no error of law apparent upon the face of the record. The decree now said to be erroneous has been affirmed by this…
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum opinion by
Mr. Justice Day,
by direction of the court.
This case presents another phase of the bankruptcy of A. O. Brown & Company, stock brokers in New York. See First National Bank of Princeton v. Littlefield, Trustee, 226 U. S. 110; Gorman v. Littlefield, 229 U. S. 19; Schuyler v. Littlefield, 232 U. S. 707. This case is submitted on the motion of appellee' to dismiss, affirm, or place on the summary docket. The appellants filed a petition for reclamation in the bankruptcy court, which concerned among other stocks three hundred shares of United States Steel stock, which are now the…
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- Schuyler v. LittlefieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Gorman v. LittlefieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- First National Bank of Princeton v. LittlefieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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