Opinion

School Dist. No. 24 of Rogers Co. v. Brown

  • 54 Okla. 632
  • 154 P. 525
  • 1916 OK 59
  • 1916 Okla. LEXIS 1037
Court
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Filed
Jan 11, 1916
Status
Published
Author
Watts
On the bench
Watts
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

Opinion by

WATTS, C.

Defendant in error sued the plaintiff in error in the county court of Rogers county, where judgment was rendered in her favor, from which the plaintiff in error appeals. The motion for new trial was overruled on April 29, 1913, 60 days being given to make and serve a case-made, ten days to suggest amendments, and five days to settle and sign. The case-made was served June 20, 1913, and settled and signed by the trial judge on July 9, 1913, and the appeal was lodged in this court on October 10, 1913.

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The plaintiff in error relies oii the following assignments for reversal:

“(1) Error in refusing and ruling out competent' and legal evidence -on the part of defendant; (2) Error in refusing requested instructions asked for by defendant.”

The appeal is defective for a number of reasons. It nowhere appears that defendant in error was served with a notice of the signing and settling of the case-made, nor does it appear that such notice was waived. Neither was the signature of the trial judge who settled and signed the case-made attested by the signature of the clerk of the court and the seal thereof, nor was the case-made filed in the court below. There is, however, a certificate of the clerk of the court, who certifies:

“That the above and foregoing is a true and complete copy of the case-made in case No. 415, Civil, Estella Brown v. School District No. 24, Rogers County, * * * as the same appears on file and of record in my office.”

—but the seal of the court is not attached to the clerk's certificate, nor has defendant in error waived service of summons in error, nor has a summons in error been served. Most of the defects are jurisdictional, and as the time has long since expired in which the appeal and rec- ■ ord could be perfected, this court has no jurisdiction in the premises.

Therefore, for the reasons mentioned, the appeal should be dismissed, and we so recommend.

By the Court: It is so ordered.

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