Consumers' Cotton Oil Co. v. Nichol
Citations
- 120 F. 818
- 57 C.C.A. 321
- 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 4542
Syllabus
<p>1. Appeal — Parties—Failure to Join or Sever.</p> <p>Where one of two defendants, against both of whom a decree for damages has been entered by a court of admiralty, does not join in an appeal therefrom, and he is not served with summons and notice of severance before the time for appeal has expired, he cannot thereafter be brought in, or by his voluntary appearance confer jurisdiction on the appellate court.</p>
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “A reference in a note to an extrinsic agreement does not destroy negotiability unless the reference actually makes the note ‘subject to’ the terms of that agreement.”
- “A reference in a note to an extrinsic agreement does not destroy negotiability unless the reference actually makes the note ‘subject to’ the terms of that agreement.”
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Judges: Sanborn
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