Case: Harriet E. Hook and others, appellants v. John Linton, curator
Abbreviation: Hook v. Linton
Decision Date: 1836-01
Docket Number: 
Citation: 10 Pet. 107
Volume: 35
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Harriet E. Hook and others, appellants v. John Linton, curator.
Judges: 
Pages: 107–107

Head Matter:
Harriet E. Hook and others, appellants v. John Linton, curator.
The death of the appellee having been suggested, and the counsel for his executor offering to enter his appearance for the executor, the court sustained a motion to dismiss the cause, as no person appeared to prosecute the suit for the appellants.
BILL in equity from the district court' of Louisiana, brought by . appeal to this court, from a decree of the district court dimissing the bill upon a demurrer.
It was Suggested by Mr. Porter, as counsel for appellee, that Linton was dead, and he was ready to enter his appearance for his executor, and to revive the suit; and as no person appeared to prosecute the suit for the appellants, he moved for a dismissal of the appeal.

Opinion:
'The Court took the motion into consideration, and on the succeeding day directed the appeal to be dismissed.