Case Name: BRAINARD v. KOVACEVICH
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1940-05-11
Citations: 111 F.2d 794
Docket Number: No. 9373
Parties: BRAINARD v. KOVACEVICH.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 111
Pages: 794–794

Head Matter:
BRAINARD v. KOVACEVICH.
No. 9373.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
May 11, 1940.
Grant H. Wren and Frank J. Perry, both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.
Iener W. Nielsen, of Fresno, Cal., and R. W. Henderson, of Bakersfield, Cal., for appellee.
Before DENMAN, MATHEWS, and STEPHENS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from an order of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of California which, in a proceeding under § 75 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 203, affirmed certain rulings of a conciliation commissioner which appellant, G. W. Brainard, had petitioned the court to review and reverse.
The order was entered on August 3, 1939. The appeal was taken on September 2, 1939. The record on appeal was filed and the appeal was docketed in this court on November 25, 1939. On January 26, 1940, the District Court, on motion of appellee, John Junior Kovacevich, entered an order dismissing the proceeding. 31 F.Supp. 566. The dismissal rendered moot the order appealed from and all questions arising on the appeal.
Conceding this, appellant seeks nevertheless to prosecute the appeal for the purpose of recovering costs. This he may not do. Union Paper Bag Machine Co. v. Nixon, 105 U.S. 766, 772, 26 L.Ed. 959; Wingert v. First National Bank, 223 U.S. 670, 672, 32 S.Ct. 391, 56 L.Ed. 605; Johnson-Kennedy Radio Corp. v. Chicago Bears' Football Club, 7 Cir., 97 F.2d 223, 226.
Appeal dismissed.