Opinion
No. 32880.
January 28, 1947.
(Syllabus.)
APPEAL AND ERROR — Dismissal of appeal on jurisdictional grounds in accordance with motion where no response filed.
Where the defendant in error has filed a motion to dismiss upon jurisdictional grounds, and this court has ordered the plaintiff in error to respond thereto and no response has been filed, and an examination of the record, together with the authorities cited, reasonably sustains the grounds of the motion to dismiss, it is not the duty of this court to inquire further into the jurisdiction of the appeal, but it may, in its discretion, dismiss the appeal.
Appeal from District Court, Rogers County; N.B. Johnson, Judge.
Action by Gladys Niles against Robert Niles for divorce. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Dismissed.
A.W. Kelley, of Claremore, for plaintiff in error.
H. Tom Kight, Jr., of Claremore, for defendant in error.
Gladys Niles, plaintiff, filed an action for divorce against Robert Niles, defendant, and he has appealed from a judgment in her favor.
A motion to dismiss has been filed by plaintiff on several grounds, one of which is that the case-made was not filed in the office of the court clerk as provided by 12 O.S. 1941 § 958[ 12-958].
This court called for the defendant to respond to the motion to dismiss, but the defendant has filed no response and has offered no excuse for such failure. Under these circumstances, as stated by this court in French v. Bragg, 177 Okla. 43, 55 P.2d 953, it is not the duty of this court to search the record for some theory upon which to sustain the jurisdiction of this court, but where an examination of the record reasonably supports the allegations in the motion to dismiss, this court may, in its discretion, dismiss the appeal.
This court has repeatedly held that the failure to file the case-made in the office of the court clerk is fatal to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The allegations of the motion to dismiss are reasonably supported by the record.
The appeal is dismissed.