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72 U.S. 823

Garrison v. Cass County

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 1, 1866

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1866-12

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Petition denied / appeal dismissed · 9–0 · Decided 1866-12

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Cited by 5 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 1937

2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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¶1Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction, where the decree was rérideréd 13th June, 1861, hut no appeal was-prayed for or allowed until Junó Term, 1865, when, on motion of the defendants below, an appeal was allowed nunc pro ¿w«c,'as of 13th June, 1861, there having been no citation to the appellees, and the record not having been brought up at the next term.

¶2Motion to dismiss an appeal from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Nebraska.

¶3The CHIEF JUSTICE

¶4delivered the opinion of the court.

¶5The decree in this case was rendered on the 13th June, 1861. No appeal was prayed of allowed until the June Term; 1865. At that term, on motion of the defendants below, an appeal was allowed nunc pro tunc, as of 13th June,' 1861.

¶6There is nothing in the record which warranted the making of this order;, nor, if it could have'been lawfully made, would it avail the defendant, for there was no citation to the appellees, and the record was not brought up at the next term of this court.

¶7*824At most, it can only be. regarded ,as an allowance of an appeal at the June. Term, 1865, and no citation appears to have been issued since to the appellees, nor was there any equivalent notice, nor has there been any waiver.

¶8The appeal must therefore, be

¶9Dismissed ¿or want oe jurisdiction. ■

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