JAMES v. HICKS


110 U.S. 272 (1884)

JAMES, Administratrix, v. HICKS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 28th, 1884.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor-General for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W.P. Burwell for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the facts in the above language, he continued:

It is alleged as error, in the first place, that the court should have treated the appeal rejected for informality as the basis for determining the time within which the suit ought to have been brought. But that appeal was not so treated by the commissioner, who rejected it for mere informality and entertained the subsequent appeal, made in proper...

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