U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York October 24, 1878 (Tott v. Arthur)

BliVTCHFORD, Circuit Judge.

I think that section 3012 of the Revised Statutes must be consumed in connection with section 954, and that it is directory merely. Where jurisdiction of a cause is acquired by a court, whether one of general jurisdiction or one proceeding under a special statute, the well settled rule is, that the time fixed by statute for the performance of intermediate steps is to