Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court for the district of Maryland.
The decree from which the appeal has been taken was passed by the Circuit Court on the 17th day of November, 1855, and the appeal was prayed on the same day in open court. But it was not prosecuted to the next succeeding term of this court,
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