Asa Lake v. Hancock ex rel. Payne
Supreme Court of Florida
Asa Lake v. Hancock ex rel. Payne, 29 Fla. 336 (Fla. 1892)
Raney
Asa Lake v. Hancock ex rel. Payne
Opinion of the Court
The transcript was not filed till February 24th, 1892. As the appeal was entered on December 3d, 1891, the transcript should, properly, have been filed here on the first day of the present term, which was January 12th, 1892. The motion to dismiss not being made, however, until May 9th, 1892, which was after the filing of the transcript, it must be denied. Bingham vs. Morris, 6 Cranch, 99 ; Pickett vs. Legewood, 7 Peters, 144; Sparrow vs. Strong, 3 Wall., 97; Kimball Lumber Co. vs. Ruge, 26 Fla., 59,7 South. Rep., 373. The other grounds of the motion to dismiss, not being noticed in the brief, are abandoned. J., T. & K. W. Ry. Co. vs. P. L. T. & M. Co., 27 Fla., 1; 9 South. Rep., 661.
The motion is denied, and it will be so ordered.
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- Asa Lake v. Minerva Hancock, for the Use of J. W. Payne
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- An appeal will not be dismissed, 'on motion of appellee, for not filing the appeal transcript on the first day of the term to which the appeal is returnable, where the transcript had been filed before such motion is made, though subsequently to such day.