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State v. Billingsley

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Jan 16, 1912
120 P. 966 (Okla. 1912)

Opinion

No. 1432

Opinion Filed January 16, 1912.

APPEAL AND ERROR — Dismissal — Failure to File Briefs. Where plaintiff in error files no brief, as required by rule 7 of this court (20 Okla viii, 95 Pac. vi), the petition in error will be dismissed for want of prosecution.

(Syllabus by Brewer, C.)

Error from Caddo County Court; B. F. Holding, Judge.

Action by the State of Oklahoma against Logan Billingsley and Boone D. Hite. Judgment for defendants, and the State brings error. Dismissed.

Theodore Pruett, for the State.

Bristow McFadyen, for defendants in error.


The petition in error and transcript of the record in this case was filed in this court February 21, 1910. The plaintiff in error has failed to file any brief in the cause, as required by rule 7 of this court (20 Okla. viii, 95 Pac. vi).

The petition in error should therefore be dismissed for want of prosecution. Hass et al. v. McCampbell, 27 Okla. 290, 111 P. 543; Maddin v. McCormick et al., 27 Okla. 778, 117 P. 200; McClelland v. Witherall, infra, 119 P. 205.

By the Court: It is so ordered.

All the Justices concur.


Summaries of

State v. Billingsley

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Jan 16, 1912
120 P. 966 (Okla. 1912)
Case details for

State v. Billingsley

Case Details

Full title:STATE v. BILLINGSLEY et al

Court:Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Date published: Jan 16, 1912

Citations

120 P. 966 (Okla. 1912)
120 P. 966