Morrison Waite

“ The grounds of the motion to dismiss are (1) that no citation has ever been issued or served; and (2) that the appeal was not docketed here before the end of October term, 1884. In our opinion, the entries on the stipulation of the parties of the various orders, extending the time for filing the appeal-bond and certificate of evidence, were equivalent to an order at the date of each respectively, renewing the allowance of the appeal in open court in the presence of both parties. ”

“ On the seventeenth of February, 1877, Kate W. Fox filed a bill in equity against I. Willard Fox and Eleanor Fox to enforce a lien on certain property held by her through a deed from them, absolute on its face, as security for a debt. ”