Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Behlmer, 169 U.S. 644 (1898)

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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. Behlmer

No. 585

Submitted March 14, 1898
Decided March 28, 1898
169 U.S. 644

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT

OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Syllabus

The provision in § 16 of the Act of February 4, 1887, as amended by the Act of March 2, 1883, c. 382, that appeals from judgments of circuit courts in such cases to this Court shall not operate to stay or supersede the order of the court or the execution of any writ or process thereon, does not refer to an appeal from a judgment of a circuit court of appeals to this Court, and such an appeal to this Court from such a judgment of a circuit court of appeals operates as a supersedeas.

The case is stated in the opinion.