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Sprague v. Ticonic Nat. Bank

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Oct 29, 1938
99 F.2d 583 (1st Cir. 1938)

Opinion

No. 3347.

October 29, 1938.

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine; John A. Peters, Judge.

Suit by Lottie F. Sprague against Ticonic National Bank and others to establish a claim for priority and a lien on securities of the defendant bank for the amount of plaintiff's deposit, wherein decrees were entered for the plaintiff who, pending determination of the Supreme Court on certiorari, filed a petition in the District Court for an allowance of counsel fees and disbursements over and above statutory costs. From a decree dismissing the petition, the plaintiff appeals.

Affirmed.

Harvey D. Eaton, of Waterville, Me., for appellant.

F. Harold Dubord, of Waterville, Me., for appellees.

Before BINGHAM and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and BREWSTER, District Judge.


The decree of the District Court of April 20, 1938, is affirmed for the reasons stated in its opinion of April 16, 1938, and for the further reason that the term of court at which the decree was entered, when the petition to amend was filed, had long since passed, and the amendment sought went to the substance of the decree and not to its form. See Fairmont Creamery Co. v. Minnesota, 275 U.S. 70, 48 S.Ct. 97, 72 L.Ed. 168; Hart v. Wiltsee et al., 1 Cir., 25 F.2d 863, and cases there cited; Casey v. Sterling Cider Co., 1 Cir., 15 F.2d 52, and Schell v. Dodge, 107 U.S. 629, 2 S.Ct. 830, 27 L.Ed. 601.

The decree of the District Court is affirmed, with costs to the appellees.


Summaries of

Sprague v. Ticonic Nat. Bank

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Oct 29, 1938
99 F.2d 583 (1st Cir. 1938)
Case details for

Sprague v. Ticonic Nat. Bank

Case Details

Full title:SPRAGUE v. TICONIC NAT. BANK et al

Court:Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit

Date published: Oct 29, 1938

Citations

99 F.2d 583 (1st Cir. 1938)

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