Task: songer_initiate

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. Your task is to identify what party initiated the appeal. For cases with cross appeals or multiple docket numbers, if the opinion does not explicitly indicate which appeal was filed first, assumes that the first litigant listed as the "appellant" or "petitioner" was the first to file the appeal. In federal habeas corpus petitions, consider the prisoner to be the plaintiff.

PER CURIAM.
This case was submitted upon the record and briefs; and it appearing that no exception was taken to the charge of the court, and that appellants’ requests for charges which were refused by the court were inapplicable to the facts of the case; and it appearing that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in overruling the motion for new trial; and no reversible error appearing in the record: it is ordered that the judgment of the District Court be, and it hereby is, affirmed.

Question: What party initiated the appeal?
A. Original plaintiff
B. Original defendant
C. Federal agency representing plaintiff
D. Federal agency representing defendant
E. Intervenor
F. Not applicable
G. Not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: G