. i'EDERAL REPORTER.
vol. 61.
SeCtiODi theSup.plement to the Revised Statutes .(page 738) 'reatls as fonows: "Appeals:and 'writs of error may be taken and prosecuted trom the decisions of'the United States court in the Illdian Territory to the supreme court of the Un!tedStates in the same manner and the same regulations as from the.CircUit 'courts ot the United States, except as otherwise provided in this act.'· '
So it that iherewas no ,such thing as an appeal provided for by law from the judgment of the court in the Indian Territory in the case, in which this bond was executed, and the inquiry is bond so ex.ecuted has any force and effect whatever. In Saltmarsh v. TuthUl.12 How.1387, where a bond on appeal was taken in a cODllnon-law case, instead of writ of error, the supreme court said: "The appeal dldnot remove the case, and the writ of error was sued out too late to stay-,execution. It Is. Immaterial whether it was a mistake of the party, or of ,the· court."
In Bank
Mixter, 124V. S. 721, 8 Sup. Ct. 718, the court said:
"No attachment can issue :from the circuit court of the United States in an action against before final judgment in the cause, and if such an attachment is made on mesne process, and It Is then dissolved by means of a' bond, conditioned to plaintitr to pay the judgment which he may recover, given ill accordance with the provisions of the law of the state in which the action Is brought, the bond is void, and the sureties are under no liability to plalntiff'."
No further citation of authorities is deemed necessary to show .that this bond· had no force and effect, except, possibly, as a bond this bond had been filed within 60 to secure the' costs; and (lays from the rendition otthe judgment, and had actually operated in law as a supersedeas bond, then, under the rules of the supreme court, it would have :a bond to tlecure the costs. See Hotel Co. v. Kountze, 107 U.. S. 378-388, 2 Sup. Ct. 911. But it appears that this bond was' not :tiled within 60 days from the rendition of the judgment,for it seems that the appeal was anowed May 17, 1890, and the'bond was not :flIed until August 31, 1890; and, inasmuch supersedeas allowed in this case, the plaintiffs as there was. in the castdn territorial court could have sued out an execution, 'and had' . edy against the maker and sureties of the interpleaders' bottd; at any time. I am therefore of the opinion that, upon the pleadings in this case, the defendants are entitled to and law being as stated herein. Let judgment; judgment be 'entered acoordingly. '
WALTON· et al. v. UNITED STATES. ,(OlreultCourt, W. D. Pennsylvania. April 17, 1894.) No. 20. 1. INTERlllST ON JUDGHEN'1'S AGAINST UNITED STATES-ACTIONS OF TORT.
The,provlldon made by section 10 of· the act of March 3, 1887, for Interest on judgments against the United States, does not apply to an
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action brought In the court of claims, under authority of a special act (Act March 2, 1889), to recover damages for Injuries to ;,a vessel by collision with a government pier; for the cause of action, being a tort, is excepted out of the general statute, and, in the absence of any provision for interest In the special act, none is allowable. 2. CIRCUIT COURTS JUDGMENT. JURISDICTION SUIT FOR INTEREST ON COURT OF CLAIMS
A circuit court has no jurisdiction to award Interest on a judgment which was rendered by the court of claims without making any provision for interest, and which has been paid; for such interest is merely an incident to the judgment, and the question of its allowance was tor the determination of that court.
This was a suit by Joseph Walton and Isaac N. Bunton against the United States of America to recover interest on a certain judgment rendered by the court of claims. Defendant demurred to the petition. George A. King, for plaintiffs. Harry Alvin Hall, for the United States. BUFFINGTON, District Judge. On January 2,1884:, the steamer I. N. Bunton was sunk in the Ohio river by collision with the pier of the Davis Island dam, a structure erected by the United States government. By special act of congress of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. 1334), the claim of the owners for this loss was "referred to the court of claims, to hear and determine the same to judgment with the right of appeal as in other cases." On March 16, 1889, suit was brought in said court on said claim, and on April 22, 1889, judgment rendered that the "claimants do have and recover of and from the United States the sum of thirty-one thousand six hundred and ten dollars ($31,610)." No appropriation for the payment thereof was made until September 30, 1890. Thereafter the said sum was paid. Interest is claimed from April 22, 1889, to September 30, 1890, on the judgment, and to enforce this claim, amounting to $1,840.51, the present proceeding is brought, and to it a demurrer has been filed. The case involves two questions: First, is interest .recoverable upon the judgment; and, secondly, if so, has this court jurisdiction to enforce such claim? It is well settled that interest is not allowed on claims against the government, whether they arise on contract or tort; the only exceptions being where the government stipulates to pay it, or it is given by express legislation. U. S. v. Bayard, 127 U. S. 260, 8 Sup. Ct. 1156. The petitioners claim it on this judgment by virtue of section 10 of the act of March 3, 1887, which provides: ''From the date of such final judgment or decree, interest shall be computed thereon at the rate of four per centum per annum, until the time when an appropriation is made for the payment of the judgment or decree." Whether this section refers to judgments of the court of claims, or is not restricted to those of the circuit and district courts, as contended by counsel for government, we do not at present feel called on to decide, for, in our opinion, this case does not arise under that act or is it. thereby affected. It will be noted the original cause of action, being a tort, was ex-
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juri.sif.iction of. .district, court.of clm,tAs 'PYsaI!1 ,statute. To enable the plamtIffs to sue, the specIal a<;t,qf;t\fQ.rch 2, 1889,was passed, which- provides "the claim" shall be referred to, and the court of claims shall "hear and determine the same to judgment." This act is the warrant for that court's jurisdiction,Jl.lld measures the relief to be granted. In pursuance thereto,that' court has the amount, 'but has not decreed the payment of interest thereon. There is no provision in the act allowing interest: on the clahnoI' on the judginent; nor is there any general statute allowing it· which includes this special case of an excepted cause of action specially referred to this particular court. men the .CQurt had fixed. the amount, the time of payment was thes1;1bject. of legislative will thereafter. So far as interest was concerried, .the status of the case was as though congress had originally passed a private act fixing the amount, and ordering it paid, but making no appropriation for such payment. Under such facts, it could not well becohtended that interest ran until an appropriation was made, We are therefore of opinion that no interest upon' the jUdgment is recoverable. But conceding for the present purposes it is, the question still remains, can such right be enforced by the present proceeding? The judgment was recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction, and interest, if recoverable at all, is recoverable as an incident to that judgment. it is the province of that court to enter a judgment or decree which shall embrace all matters incident to the controversy before it. It will be noted we are not asked to enforce Ii judgment thecourt of claims, for its judgment, to the extent to whiCh it went, is now paid, but we are asked to say whether that judgment bore the incident of interest or not,-in substance, to decide what the court of claims has omitted to decide. In our opinion, the ql1estion is one incidental to ;the original suit, and the court of claim.s is the proper forum for its determination. For the reasdtls set forth, the demurrer is sustu.ined.
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. ':A.OHESON,'Circuit Judge, concurs.
NEWPORT NEWS & M. VAL. CO. v. UNITED STATES. (Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. No. 45. CARRiERS-LIVE STOCK-PENALTY FOR FAILUEETO UNLOAP.
April 3, 1894.)
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'Under Rev. St. §§ 4386-4388, forbidding interstate carriers of animals : to 'confine them more than 28 consecutive hours without unloading for rest, water, and feeding, unless prevented "by storm or other accidental causes," and imposing a penalty for "knowingly and wlllingly" failing to' 'comply with this provision, such unloading is excused by unavoidable causes only, and therefore nOt by an accident to a train, due to
In Error to the District Oourt of the United States for the District of Kentucky.