Mexican National Construction Co. v. Reusens — SCOTUS Brief (1885)
[Reusens SCOTUS Case (1885)] In addition to this security the Circuit Judge re- quired, and the plaintiff in error furnished, a bond for damages and costs in the sum of $5,000; the Circuit Judge personally examined the sureties, and thereafter approv ed the bond and signed the Cltation, : The undertaking of February 20, which secured the judgment had been given on an application to the Supreme Court of New York to discharge the attachment whereby the action was commenced, and had been objected to, on the ground, among others, that two sureties were required ; the objec- tion had been overruled, and the guarantor company justified through its president, who was examined on oath on behalf of the defendant in error, and whose examination was reduced to writing and an- nexed to the undertaking, which was then approved by a Judge of the New York Supreme Court, and. the property attached was released. Reusens never took any step to obtain a review by appeal or otherwise of this ruling, determin- ation or approval. a After his time to appeal had expired, the case ras removed; after the removal, Reusens did not take any steps in the Federal Court to obtain a re- view of the determination of the Judge of the Su-.