Case Name: Broaddus and Wife v. Turner
Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1823-11-14
Citations: 2 Rand. 5
Docket Number: 
Parties: Broaddus and Wife v. Turner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 209–209

Head Matter:
Broaddus and Wife v. Turner.
November, 1823.
Appeals — Indefinite Time for Executing Bond — Effect. * —Where an appeal is allowed by the Court of Chancery, and an indefinite time given for executing the appeal bond, the appeal is irregular.
This was a motion by the appellant to docket an appeal from the Fredericksburg Chancery Court. The appeal was allowed in the Court below in May, with liberty to give bond and security, without any limitation of time within which the bond should be executed.
Stanard, for the apoellant.
November 14.

Opinion:
JUDGE BROOKE,
delivered the opinion of the Court, that the allowance of an indefinite time to give bond in the Clerk's office to prosecute the appeal, was irregular, and the motion was, therefore, over-ruled.