Case Name: Stewart v. Salamon
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1878-10
Citations: 97 U.S. 361
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stewart v. Salamon.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 97
Pages: 361–365

Head Matter:
Stewart v. Salamon.
An appeal from the decree which the Circuit Court passed in exact accordance with the mandate of this court upon a previous appeal will, upon the motion of the appellee, be dismissed with costs.
Motion to dismiss an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia.
At its October Term, 1876, this court, in Stewart v. Salamon (94 U. S. 434), reversed the decree of the court below, and remanded the cause for further proceedings, in accordance with the Opinion then delivered. After the mandate was filed in the Circuit- Court, Stewart and Cutts petitioned for leave to file a plea of lis pendens, and an amended answer to the original bill. The petition having been overruled, and a final decree entered in accordance with the mandate, they appealed here. The appellees now move to dismiss the appeal.
Mr. Philip Phillips in support of the motion.
Mr. Alexander H. Stephens and Mr. Charles P. Culver, contra.

Opinion:
Mr. Chief Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
An appeal will not be entertained by this court from a decree entered in the circuit or other inferior court, in exact accordance with our mandate upon a previous appeal. Such a decree, when entered, is in effect our decree, and the appeal would be from ourselves to ourselves. If such an appeal is. taken, however, we will, upon the application • of the appellee, examine the decree entered, and if it conforms to the mandate, dismiss the ease with costs. If it does not, the case will be remanded with appropriate directions for the correction of the error. The same rule applies to writs of error. This is not intended to interfere with any remedy the parties may have by mandamus.
This is an appeal from a decree entered upon our mandate. No complaint is made as to its form, and it seems to be in all respects according to our directions. The effort of the appellant was to open the case below, and to obtain leave to file new pleadings, introducing new defences. This- he could not do. The rights of the parties in the subject-matter of the suit were finally determined upon the original appeal, and all that remained for the Circuit Court to do was to enter a decree in accordance with our instructions, and carry it into effect. If in the progress of the execution of the decree, after its entry, either party is aggrieved, he may appeal from the final decree in that behalf; but such an appeal will bring up for re-examination only the proceedings subsequent to the mandate.
The appeal will be dismissed with costs; and it is
So ordered.