Rubber Company v. Goodyear

Citations

• 73 U.S. 153
• 18 L. Ed. 762
• 6 Wall. 153
• 1867 U.S. LEXIS 951

Syllabus

<p>1. Though a decree have been entered “ os” of a prior date — the date of an order settling apparently the'terms of a decree to be entered thereafter— the rights of the parties in respect to an appeal are determined by the date of the actual entry, or of the signing and filing of the final decree.</p> <p>2. Tlio question of sufficiency of an appeal bond is to be determined in the first instance by the judge who signs the citation ; but after the allowance of the appeal it becomes cognizable here. It is not required that the security be in any fixed proportion to the amount of the decree; but only that it be sufficient. Where a decree had been for a large sum ($810,752), security in less than double the amount was accepted by this court, and the appellants allowed to withdraw a bond given in such double sum.</p>