Leavitt v. Commercial Nat. Bank , 26 Okla. 164 ( 1910 )

On July 16, 1909, petition in error with case-made attached was filed with the clerk of this court, and summons issued thereon. On the 25th day of February, 1910, the defendant in error filed a motion in this court, which shows service upon the attorney for the plaintiff in error, asking that the appeal be dismissed on account of the plaintiff in error's failure to comply with rule 7 of this court (20 Okla. viii, 95 P. vi), which requires him to prepare and serve his brief upon defendant in error within 40 days after filing his petition in this court, which he has failed to do.

Rule 5 of this court provides:

"When a motion is filed with the clerk, it must show service upon the opposite party as to the time it will be filed, who shall have 10 days thereafter in which to answer the same."

Exactly 3 months have elapsed since this motion was filed in this court, and plaintiff in error has failed to make any response thereto, although he has been in default in the filing of his brief for over 6 months. If plaintiff in error is unable to undergo the expense of filing a printed brief, under rule 5, a motion containing a statement of the facts, by being served on the opposite side, could be mailed to the clerk of this court, and would be considered by it after the expiration of the 10 days for reply thereto, without any necessity of any appearance of counsel here, and if it appeared that the alleged aggrieved party was unable to have printed a brief, and there was probable ground that he had a meritorious cause, this court would permit him to file typewritten briefs. Nothing of this kind has been done.

It follows that the appeal must be dismissed.

All the Justices concur.