Western Air Line Construction Co. v. McGillis

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Western Air Line Construction Co. v. McGillis

127 U.S. 776, 8 S. Ct. 1390, 32 L. Ed. 324, 1888 U.S. LEXIS 2041

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

DecidedApril 16, 1888

Docket1283

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Western Air Line Construction Co. v. McGillis, 127 U.S. 776, 8 S. Ct. 1390, 32 L. Ed. 324, 1888 U.S. LEXIS 2041 (1888).

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Mr. Justice Miller:

This is a motion to vacate what is called a supersedeas. The papers show that the writ ivas neither sued out or served within sixty days after the rendition of the judgment which is the subject of the writ of error: It follows as a matter of course that the writ cannot operate as a supersedeas, and we know of no motion that is necessary or proper in this court on that subject. Writs of supersedeas do not issue, unless it may become necessary from some peculiar circumstances. • The statute declares .that, when within sixty days, the plaintiff sues out his writ of error, files it with the clerk of the proper court, and then gives a bond within a certain time mentioned by the statute, that the bond, if approved for that purpose by the judge who grants the citation and the writ of error, shall operate as a supersedeas. It is a matter of law whether it operates as a supersedeas.

There is no evidence here of any proceeding to collect a debt which has been disregarded. At all events there is no occasion for a supersedeas.

The motion is denied.

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Mr. Justice Miller:

This is a motion to vacate what is called a supersedeas. The papers show that the writ ivas neither sued out or served within sixty days after the rendition of the judgment which is the subject of the writ of error: It follows as a matter of course that the writ cannot operate as a supersedeas, and we know of no motion that is necessary or proper in this court on that subject. Writs of supersedeas do not issue, unless it may become necessary from some peculiar circumstances. • The statute declares .that, when within sixty days, the plaintiff sues out his writ of error, files it with the clerk of the proper court, and then gives a bond within a certain time mentioned by the statute, that the bond, if approved for that purpose by the judge who grants the citation and the writ of error, shall operate as a supersedeas. It is a matter of law whether it operates as a supersedeas.

There is no evidence here of any proceeding to collect a debt which has been disregarded. At all events there is no occasion for a supersedeas.

The motion is denied.

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127 U.S. 776, 8 S. Ct. 1390, 32 L. Ed. 324, 1888 U.S. LEXIS 2041, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/western-air-line-construction-co-v-mcgillis-scotus-1888.

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