RUBY V. ATKiNSON.
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than six months after the decree was entered. The citation was duly issued, and the transcript of record was filed in this court in October following. The motion to dismiss is pressed on the ground that the appeal was not perfected within six months after the date of the decree appealed from. This is not necessary. The Qar of the statute is saved by the allowance of the appeal. If the appeal is not subsequently perfected, either by the filing of the bond or issuing of the citation OJ: the filing of the transcript in due course, the appeal may become inoperative, and the court will then dismiss it. Altenberg v. Grant, 54 U. S. App. 312, 28 C. C. A. 244, and 83 Fed. 980; Railroad Equipment Co. v. Southern Ry. Co. (a decision by this court at the present term) 34 C. C. A. 519, 92 Fed. 541. It has been expressly de· cided by the supreme court in a number of instances that it is the al· lowance of the appeal, and not the perfecting of all the steps necessary to a hearing of the appeal in the court above, which saves the appel· lant or plaintiff in error from the bar of the statutory period of limita. tion fixed for the bringing of appeals and writs of error. Neither the issuing of the citation .nor the giving of bond is jurisdictional. Evans v. Bank, 134 U. S. 330, 10 Sup. Ct. 493; Dodge v. Knowles, 114 U. So 430-438, 5 Sup. Ct. 1108, 1197; Peugh v. Davis, 110 U. S. 227, 4 Sup. Ct. 17; The Dos Hermanos, 10 Wheat." 306-311. The motion to dismiss is denied. RUBY et al. T.
ATKINSON et at AprU 18, 1899.)
(CIrcuit Court of Appeals, Fifth CIrcuit. No. 693.
I.
APPEAL-TRANSCRIPT-OERTIFICATE.
A certificate to a transcript is insufficient where It is limited to the cor· rectness of the pleadings, and omits all reference to the decrees or orderl of the court, and the proceedings to bring up the case on appeal, and only certifies the evidence as furnished by counsel for appellants, "which il said by him to have been agreed upon by counsel for both parties." Where an appeal Is allowed In open court, but is not perfected during the term, a citation to the other party Is necessary, and should be Issued and served within the return day for the appeal.
.. 8AME-CITATION.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the North· ern District of Texas. Scarborough & Scarborough, for appellants. W. M. Sleeper, for appellees. Before PARDEE, McCORMICK, and SHELBY, Circuit Judges. PARDEE, Circuit Judge. When this cause was first before this court (18 C. C. A. 249, 71 Fed. 567)it was disposed of as follows: "The decree appealed from is reversed, and the cause is remanded to the circuit court, with directions to set aside all the alleged pleadings filed subS&quently to the original bill,. to grant leave to complainants to amend their original bill, so as to make it conform to the equity rules, and on such terms as may be just, and ther.eafter to proceed in the cause as the equity rules adopted by the supreme court of the United States provide, and as equity and good conscience shall require. Neither party to recover costs 0.Il this appeal." 93F.-31
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93 FEDERAL REPORtER.
The case came' next on a motion to doc}r.et an uncertified transcript, and on February 23, 1898, the following " n, , was entered: , . ., order "Alice L. Ruby et also y. H. N. Atkinson et also "The. Plotion of the appellants to file the transcript' of 'the record and docket this cause having been submitted on a former day of this term, and it now appearing to this court that the transcript of the record presented with said motion is not certified, asrequlred by the rules of this court, nor is there any as to whatshquldcon,stltute the record in this cause, it is ordel"ed that,$llid motion be, and the same is hereby, denied. It is further ordered thattlle appellants be allowed forty days from, this date within Which to file in this court a duly-certified transcript of record of this cause."
The case now homes on a motion to dismiss, as follows: "Now come all the appellll herein (except appellee H. No Atkinson), and s move the court to dismiss. the appeal in this cause for the following reasons, to wit: First. The certificate of authentieatioJ:!. by the clerk to the transcript of the record in thiS cause is insufficient, and not in accordance with law: (a) Because said certificate is limited to, and only refers to and embraces, the pleading and evidence in the cause, and omits all reference to the decree and orders of the to bring the case up on appeal; (b) because the certificate does' not show that all the evidence in the case is embraced in the record, and limits the evidence in the record to statement of same furnished by appellants' attorney, when there is no agreement of parties in the record shOWing that such statement of the evidence was agreed upon by them. Second. Because H. N. Atkinson, one of the defendants in the court below, and in whose favor judgment was rendered, and as against whom the decree of the court below is sought to be reverned, does not appear' from the record to have been served with notice of the appeal, nor does he appear to have waived such notice in any manner Whatever. Third. Because appellants have failed to file bond for aI>peal as provided by law, the bond in the record having been approved by the clerk of the: court, instead of by one of the judges thereof, as required by law."
An inspection of the transcript as ,filed shows that a. final decree was entered in the circuHcourt on the 24th day of June, 1897, dismissing the complainants' bill, with costs, and on the 30th day of June, the following entry was made: "On' this 30th day of Jim,e, .1897, came OIl to be heard plaintiffs' application for appeal, which, being by the court considered, is allowed, and the bond to be, executed by the complainants Is hereby fixed at the sum of $250, sureties to be,apPl1oved by the clerk of this court;, and J. B. Scarborough, of counsel for complainants, is hereby allowed to become surety on said, bond. And it is further ordered that complainants have 90 days from this date in which to file the record of this cause in the circuit court of civil appeals for the Fifth circuit, at New Orleans, La., and that only so much of thE:} record herein as shall be necessary to a clear presentation of said cause' shall be copied and sent up. ' Chas. Swayne, Judge. "We hereby waive the Issuance and service. of notice o·f appeal in this case. '. "Jones & Sleeper, "Attorneys for Defendants, except H. N. Atkinson."
Fourmontbs after, o;uthe 2d day of November, 1897, an appeal bond was filed in favor <ilf all the defeJ;idaJ,ltsdin the sum of $250, and the same was approved by C, A. Richardson, deputy clerk. The following certificate is attached to the transcript: "The State of Texas, County of McLennan. I, J. H. Finks, clerk of the circult court of the United States for the Northern district of Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing thirty-four pages from 1 to 34, inclusive, contain a true and correct copy of all the pleadings filed in said cause numbered and entitled as follows, to wit, 'No. 97. In Equity. Alice L. and John
FARMERS'LOAN &: TRUST CO. V. BOARD OF
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T. Ruby vs. H. N. Atkinson et a!.;' and, further, that it contains the statement of the evidence furnished by counsel for appellants, Alice L. and John T. Ruby, and which is said by him to have been agreed upon by counsel for both parties. "Given under my hand and official seal this, the 14th day of March, 1898. "[Seal] :T. H. Finks, . "Clerk Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas, "By C. A. Richardson, Deputy."
There is no agreement in the alleged transcript as to what was the evidence adduced on the hearing, nor is there any citation of appeal to the defendant H. N. Atkinson. "The clerk has no authority to approve an appeal bond, even though the court below had attempted to give him that authority." Freeman v. Clay, 1 C. C. A. 115, 48 Fed. 849. The clerk's certificate to the alleged transcript is insufficient. It is limited to the correctness of the pleadings, omits all reference to the decrees or orders of the court and the proceedings to bring the case up on appeal, and only certifies the evidence as furnished by the counselfor appellants, "which is said by him to have been agreed upon by counsel for both parties." See Meyer v. Implement Co., 29 C. C. A. 465, 85 Fed. 874. The fail· ure to have issued and served a citation of appeal to one of the prin. cipal defendants, H. N. Atkinson, is fatal to the prosecution of this appeal. Atkinson is a necessary party, the whole case being grounded on fraud charged against him, and the principal relief sought being to set aside a deed made in his favor. The allowance of an appeal in open court at the term in which the final decree is rendered will obviate the necessity of citation, if the appeal is perfected during the same term. If the appeal is not perfected during the term, citation is necessary, and it should be issued and served within the return day fol.' the appeal, and certainly must be issued and served before the expiration of the period within which an appeal can be sued out. See Sage v. Raill.'oad Co., 96 U. S. 712, 715; Hewitt v. Filbert, 116 U. S. 142, 6 Sup. Ct. 319; Radford v. Folsom, 123 U. S. 725, 8 Sup. Ct 334; Jacobs v. George, 150 U. S. 415, 14 Sup. Ct. 159. The appeal is dismissed. FARMERS' LOAN & TRUST CO. v. BOARD OF SUP'RS OF ALCORN COUII.1TY, MISS., et al. (Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. April 11, 1899.) No. 775. ESCltow--CONTRACT TO CREATE-RIGHT OF DESIGNATED DEPOSITARY TO ENFORCE.
A legislative act granting a charter to a railroad company contained a provision authorizing any county through which the railroad might be located by a vote to subscribe to the stock of the company and pay therefor in bonds. It further provided that such bonds, when issued, should be deposited with a certain trust company of another state in escrow, to be delivered to the railroad company, as should be agreed upon between the company and the county. A county voted bonds under such provision, the proposition voted on also containing the same provision as to the deposit of the bonds in escrow. The bonds were prepared and signed, but retained by the county. Held, that the provision of the char· tel' designating the depositary must be construed as the language of the corporators, and not a requirement of the state, which had no relat10n to