Clinton v. Missouri Pacific Railway

Citations

• 122 U.S. 469
• 7 S. Ct. 1268
• 30 L. Ed. 1214
• 1887 U.S. LEXIS 2125

Syllabus

<p>The assignment of error in this case is precise and specific, and complies with the requirements of the rule in that, respect.</p> <p>No exceptions were necessary to bring before this court the judgment of the Circuit Court 'below dismissing the appeal from the Cass County Court to the District Court of that county.</p> <p>When a cause is removed from a state court to a Circuit Court of the United States, the transcript from the state court forms part of the record in the Circuit Court, and in any writ of error from this court necessarily becomes a part of the record here.</p> <p>The sixty days during which a right of appeal is given by the statutes of Nebraska from the assessment of damages by commissioners appointed under proceedings for/the condemnation of land for the use of a railroad,-begin to run when the commissioners’ report is filed.</p> <p>When the transcript from a court below, filed in an appellate court in due time, is imperfect, arid the imperfection can be cured by a writ of certiorari, the appeal is valid.</p>