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Witness, the Honorable

Chief

Justice (or, one of the Justices) of the said Supreme Court (or, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of

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[Mutatis mutandis, the same Bond may be filed by an appellant in Equity or Admiralty.]

Circuit Court of the United States for the Circuit and District of

Know all men by these presents; That we, &c., are held and firmly bound unto (the defendant in error) in the sum of

be paid to the said

and administrators. To which

dollars, to

his executors payment, well

and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and each of us, jointly and severally, and each of our heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated, &c.,

The condition of this obligation is such, that whereas the said (the defendant in error) has recovered a judgment in the Circuit Court of the United States, &c., against the said (the plaintiff in error) for the sum of *, which said judgment was rendered on, &c., and whereas the

*Here give the damages and costs in the judgment below.

said (the plaintiff in error), in order to obtain a reversal of the same, hath sued out a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the United States. Now therefore, if the above named (the plaintiff in error) shall prosecute his said writ of error to effect and shall answer all damages and costs and pay the said judgment, if he shall fail to make good his plea, then this obligation shall be void; otherwise the same shall remain in full force and virtue.

Executed and delivered

in presence of

L. S.

L. S.

L. S.

APPEALS IN EQUITY OR ADMIRALTY.

CLAIM AND ALLOWANCE OF AN APPEAL, WHEN THE MATTER IN DISPUTE EXCEEDS THE VALUE OF

$2000.

Circuit Court of the United States, &c.
Term 185

A. B. in Equity, vs. C. D.

And now the above named defendant, after a final decree entered in this cause, comes and shows to the Court that the matter in dispute exceeds the sum of $2000, and thereupon claims an appeal from the said final decree to the

Supreme Court of the United States next to be holden at Washington, on, &c.; and the same is accordingly allowed (and the appellant is ordered to serve the usual citation, according to law.)*

By the Court,

Clerk.

CLAIM AND ALLOWANCE OF AN APPEAL IN PA

TENT CAUSES WHERE THE MATTER IN DISPUTE IS

LESS THAN THE VALUE OF $2000.

Circuit Court of the United States, &c.
Term 185

A. B. in Equity vs. C. D.

And now the defendant, after a final decree entered in this cause, comes and shows to the Court that notwithstanding the amount in controversy in this cause is less than the value of $2000, yet that the said final decree involves the construction of the Acts of Congress concerning Patents for Useful Inventions, or some of them; and it appearing to the Court that it is reasonable to allow an appeal in this cause,

*This clause should be added, where the appeal is not taken at the same term when the decree was rendered.

the same is hereby allowed (and the appellant is ordered to serve the usual citation, according to law.)*

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GENERAL INDEX.

THE REFERENCES OF THIS INDEX ARE TO THE SECTIONS AND NOT TO THE PAGES, UNLESS
SO EXPRESSED.

A.

ACT OF INCORPORATION,

See CHARTER.

ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME JURISDICTION,

grant of, in the Constitution, 3-5, 83.

includes crimes on the waters subject to it, 14.

extent of, 36, et seq.

not now confined to tide waters, 38, et seq.

as dependent upon locality, 41, et seq.

in cases of contract, 41-43.

crime, 45.

torts, 46.

seizures, 47-49.

and nature of the service, 50, et seq.

in contracts of material-men, 51–52.

how affected by the eleventh Amendment of the Constitution,
157.

in cases of desertion, 93.

how exclusive of the State Courts, 120, 124, 125, 127, 129, 131,
page 146.

ADMIRALTY JURISPRUDENCE,

adopted by the Constitution, 30 a.

AGENTS,

of a State, whether exempt from suits under eleventh Amendment
of the Constitution, 65, 69.

AGREEMENT OF COUNSEL,

as to judgment in Supreme Court, when disregarded, 40.

AGREEMENT OF FACTS,

when not the foundation of a writ of error, 177, 392.

questions of law arising on, carried up by "division of opinion,"
196.

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