MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.
We have no jurisdiction in this case. The appellee has not appeared and has never been served with a citation. The decree was entered on the 14th of June, 1879, and at the foot of the entry is the following: "Petitioner prays an appeal, which is granted upon bond and security being given, according to law, within thirty days." A copy of what purports to be an appeal bond, filed on the 3d of July, 1879, is...
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