Ryan v. Koch

Decided December 1, 1872

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1872-12

<p>A judgment affirmed because the plaintiff in error had filed no assignment of errors or brief, as required by the rules of court.</p>

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Decided 1872-12

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Cited by 89 later decisions (9 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2007 · most notably Richmond v. Irons (1887), Casey v. Galli (1876)

33 federal appellate · 5 district · 24 state decisions — followed in 18 states

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¶1A judgment affirmed because the plaintiff in error had filed no assignment of errors or brief, as required by the rules of court.

¶2In this case a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Michigan (Mr. J. G. Sutherland, for the plaintiff in error; Mr. G. T. Edmunds, contra) had been filed on the 27th of November, 1871, but the plaintiff in error had filed no assignment of errors or brief as required by the rules of the court. And for those reasons (Mr. Justice CLIFFORD announcing the decision of the court) the judgment was

¶3Aeeirmed.