JOHNSON V. MEYERS.
417
JOHNSON et al. v. MEYERS etaL (OJ.rcuIt .Oourt of Eighth Circuit. March No. 239. APPEAL-TalE OF TAKING-CIRCUIT COVJl,T OF ApPEALS.
i: 1893.) J
When the last day of the six months. within' which an' appeal may be taken, or writ of error sued out, to reView in the circuit court of aDpealS a decree or judgment rendered below, falls on Sunday, the appeal cannot be taken, or writ sued out, on any subsequent day.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. Dismissed. . A motion was made to dismiss this appeal on the ground, among others, that the appeal was not taken within six months after the entry of the decree sought to be reviewed. The decree in the court below was rendered May 27, 1892. November 27, 1892, was Sunday. The appeal from the decree was allowed, and the bond on appeal approved, November 28, 1892. James P. Wood and F. L. Schofield, for the motion. Wm. P.Harrison and George A. Mahan, opposed. Before CALDWELL and SANBORN, Circuit Judges. SANBORN, Circuit Judge. When the last day of the six months within which an appeal may be taken, or a writ of error'sued out, to review in this court a decree or judgment below, falls on Sunday, Inay the appeal be taken, or the writ sued out, on the succeeding day? This is the question presented by this motion. The act of March 3, 1891, creating the circuit courts of appeals, (section 11, c. 517,26 St. p. 826,) provides "that no appeal or writ of error by which any order, judgment, or decree may be reviewed in the circuit court of appeals under the provisions of this act shall be taken or sued out except within six months after the entry of the order, judgment, or decree sought to be reviewed." As the decree sought to be reviewed here was entered May 27, 1892, the last day within the six months after its entry was November 27,1892. November 28,1892, the day on which the appeal was taken, was obviously not within the six months after the entry of the judgment. Missouri, and many other states, have provided by statute that "the time within which an act i'8 to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day, and including the last. If the last day be Sunday, it shall be excluded." Rev. St. Mo. 1889, § 6570. But congress has made no such general provision, and has in no way indicated any intention that the time within which an appeal may be taken under this act should be extended, beyond the six months on account of the last or any of the Sundays or holidays that fall within the time fixed for the appeal. By the act of March 2,1867, (chapter 176, § 48,14 St. p. 540; section 5013, Rev. St. tit. "Bankruptcy,") congress provided that "in all cases in which any particular number of days is prescribed by this title, or shall be mentioned in any rule or order of court or general order which shall at any time be made under this title, for the doing of any act, or for v.54F.no.3-27
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any other purpose, the same lJhall be reckoned, in the absence of any expression to the,'contrary, exclusive of theftrst, and inclusive of the last,day, unless, the last day shall fall on a Sunday, Christmas day, or on any day appbintedby the president of the United States as a day of public fast or thanksgiving, Qr on the 4th of July, in which cases the time shall be reckoned exclusive of that day, also." By ()f.. 20, §23, 1 1St. p. 85; section COJ;lgtess provided that "in any case where a writ of error may be a supersedeasjthe defendant may obtain such supersedeas by serving the writ of error, by lodging a copy thereof for the in the clerk', office where the record remains, within sU:ty' d'Ays, Sundays hclusive,after the rendering of the judgment complai:qed of, and giving the!lecurity required by law on the issuingottp.e citation." ,"'. " ' , provision!!! clf!a:rly indkate that it was the understanding arid:infennon of congress that all Sundays should be eountedas part ofthetfriie limited within 'which an act is to be done under their legishyexpress provision. Where the lation, unless they time limited for the performance of an act is less than seven days, where the unit of its measurement is the day, and there is reason to !luppose that juridical days were intended by a statute or act of congress, there is reasonable ground .lor the holding that Sundays and legal holidays falling within such time should be excluded. Hales' v. Owen, ,2 Salk. 625; ,Rex v. Elkins, 4 Burrows, 2130; Thayer v. Felt, 4 Pick.3M. But where the time limited is such that one or more Sundays nlUst fall within it, and there is no statute or act excluding any of them, it 'is certainly not the province of the court to extend the time fixed by excluding' the last, the first, or any intermediate Sunday or holiday. Alderman v. Phelps, 15 Mass. 225; Ex parte Dodge, 7 Cow. 147. Moreover, where the unit of measuretime limited is not, the' day, but is the month or year, ment of there is still less reason to hold that any day that falls within the month or year can be excluded by the court. There are Sundays in every month. They areas much a part of the month as Saturdays, or any of the other days of the week; and where the time limited is measured by the Inonth, and there is no statute excluding any day, there is no more reason for excluding the last Sunday of the la8t month from the six months limited by act of congress for taking an appeal, when the last day of the six months falls on Sunday, than there is for excluding the first Sunday of the first month, when the first day of the six Inonths happens to fall on Sunday, or all the Sundays in the six months, for that matter; and, if they were all excluded, the time limited would be extended nearly another month. The result is that when the last day of the six months within which an appeal may be taken, or writ of error 8ued out, to review in this court a decree or judgment below, falls on Sunday, the appeal cannot be taken, or writ sued out, on any subsequent day. The motion is granted, and the appeal is dismissed, with costs.
WESTV. IRWIN.' .
419
WEST et .at
v. IRWIN et at Februa17 18, 1893.)
(Circult Court ot Appools, Seventh Circuit. No. 87. 1.
Where an appeal is allowed after expIratIon ot the term at whIch the decree appealed from Is rendered, a failure to have a citation Issued, returnable at the same term as tlle appeal, causes the' appellate court to lose jurisdiction. SAME-PRACTICE-ENLARGING TIME TO FILE RECORD.
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3.
SAME.
An order extending the time for fillng the record on appeal, made after the time has expIred, is Ineffective.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of illinois. In Equity. Suit by John N. Irwin and others against James J. West and others to foreclose a mortgage. Complainants obtained 50 Fed. Rep. 362. Defendants appeal Appeal dis· a decree. missed. William Brown, for appellants. William Burry, for appellees. Before WOODS, Circuit Judge, and BUNN, District Judge. PER CURIAM. We are asked to dismiss this appeal because the requisite citation was not issued and served, because the record was not filed in this court in due time, and because the parties against whom the decree was entered did not all join in the appeal. The decree was for a foreclosure of a mortgage on real estate, and was entered January 25,1892, by Judge Blodgett, before whom, except as otherwise stated, the steps designed to effect an appeal were taken. Those steps were taken at a subsequent term of the court, and were as follows: On July 22, 1892, an appeal was prayed and granted, and an order made, giving until September 24th to file the record in this court. On the 23d of July, an appeal bond, not intended to operate as a supersedeas, was approved and filed. On the 21st of September the time for filing the record was extended by Judge Gresham to the 24th of October; and on October 10th a citation issued, signed by Judge Gresham, and made returnable the 7th of November, and on October 13th was served. On the 24th of October the time for filing the record was extended by Judge Blodgett to November 14th, and on November 12th was again extended by Judge Gresham to November 24th, and on November 23d the record was filed The last clause of the eleventh section of the act creating the circuit courts of appeal makes the practice in respect to appeals and