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Webster v. Slayton

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Feb 6, 1923
212 P. 603 (Okla. 1923)

Opinion

No. 10934

Opinion Filed February 6, 1923.

(Syllabus.)

Appeal and Error — Failure to File Brief — Appeal May Be Dismissed.

Where the plaintiffs in error fail to file a brief in conformity with the rules of the court, the appeal may be dismissed. Record examined, and held, that the appeal be dismissed.

Error from District Court, Lincoln County; Hal Johnson, Judge.

Action by Shelt Webster and Floyd Webster, by his next friend, Shelt Webster, plaintiffs, against Joe Slayton, defendant, to recover damages. Judgment for the defendant, and plaintiffs brings error. Dismissed.

Cox Cox, for plaintiffs in error.

Jarrett Speakman, for defendant in error.


Shelt Webster and Floyd Webster, by Shelt Webster, as his next friend, plaintiffs in error, filed this appeal in this court on the 8th day of September, 1920, to have reviewed a judgment of the district court of Lincoln county, rendered in an action between the parties in favor of Joe Slayton, defendant. The case was set for submission October 17. 1922, and was on that date submitted.

On September 27, 1922, the plaintiffs in error obtained an order of this court extending their time 30 days in which to file briefs. No briefs have been filed nor extension of time granted or asked for in which to brief the cause. The plaintiffs in error having failed to file a brief in conformity with the rules of this court, and no showing having been made why a brief has not been filed, the appeal may be dismissed, and it is so ordered.

JOHNSON, V. C. J., and KANE, NICHOLSON, COCHRAN, and BRANSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Webster v. Slayton

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Feb 6, 1923
212 P. 603 (Okla. 1923)
Case details for

Webster v. Slayton

Case Details

Full title:WEBSTER et al. v. SLAYTON

Court:Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Date published: Feb 6, 1923

Citations

212 P. 603 (Okla. 1923)
212 P. 603