Ex parte in re Rhodes v. Steamship Galveston

MR. COXE filed the following motion and certificate:

'A certificate being produced from the District Court of Texas, by which it appears that at the April term, 1850, of said court a final decree was rendered by said court in favor of the defendants and respondents, and that an appeal from said decree was prayed and obtained by the libellants to the Supreme Court of the United States,-and it appearing that the record in said case has not been filed,-Mr. Coxe for said respondents and defendants, moves the court that the said cause be docketed and dismissed with costs.

'COXE, for Defendants and Respondents.'

'United States District Court.-District of Texas.

'Henry W. Rhodes, Libellant, v. The Steamship Galveston, her Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture, John R. Crane, Master. Charles Morgan, Israel C. Harris, and Henry R. Morgan, Claimants and Respondents.-In Admiralty.

'I, James Love, Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Texas, do hereby certify, that at the April term, 1850, of said court, a final judgment or decree was rendered by the court here in the above-entitled cause, in favor of the defendants and respondents, and that the libellant prayed and obtained an appeal from the said final decree of the said District Court to the Supreme Court of the United States.

'In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, this 27th day of December, A. D., 1850.

JAMES LOVE, Clerk.'

[SEAL.]

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.