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Pyne v. Board of Com'rs

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Aug 14, 1917
166 P. 1043 (Okla. 1917)

Opinion

No. 4130

Opinion Filed August 14, 1917.

Appeal and Error — Want of Prosecution — Dismissal.

Where a cause has been regularly assigned for submission, and submitted, and the plaintiff in error fails to file brief, or to offer any excuse for not doing so, it will be presumed that the appeal has been abandoned, and same will be dismissed for want of prosecution.

(Syllabus by the Court.)

Error from District Court, Woodward County; James B. Cullison, Judge.

Action for injunction by William R. Pyne against the Board of County Commissioners of Woodward County. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. Dismissed.

Chas. Swindall, for plaintiff in error.

O.C. Wybrant. F.M. Cowgill, and A.M. Appelget, for defendant in error.


The petition in error and case-made in this cause were filed in this court on June 25, 1912. The cause has been regularly assigned, and submitted; but the plaintiff in error has filed no brief, and has shown no reason for his failure to do so.

Wherefore, under the established rule in this jurisdiction, the cause should be dismissed for failure of prosecution; and it is so ordered.

By the Court: It is so ordered.


Summaries of

Pyne v. Board of Com'rs

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Aug 14, 1917
166 P. 1043 (Okla. 1917)
Case details for

Pyne v. Board of Com'rs

Case Details

Full title:PYNE v. BOARD OF COM'RS OF WOODWARD COUNTY

Court:Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Date published: Aug 14, 1917

Citations

166 P. 1043 (Okla. 1917)
66 Okla. 57