Morrison Waite

“ On the eighth of June, while this motion was pending, the complainant filed with the clerk of the circuit court an appeal-bond, dated March 1, 1886, in the penal sum of $25,000, which had been approved by the district judge as a supersedeas bond. On the second of October the motion to modify the amount of the appeal-bond was overruled by the court, 'on the ground that the case was then in the supreme court of the United States.' The case was docketed in this court October 15, 1886. It does not appear that any citation has ever been signed or served. ”

“ Armejo, decided April 3, 1866, and reported in book 18 L. C. O. P. Co. Ed. U.S. Sup. Ct. Rep. 247. The motion to dismiss is granted.
Notes
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105) . ”