Sexson v. Gladhart
Sexson v. Gladhart
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The question presented by this appeal is whether or not the district court took up the case and overruled a motion to dismiss after having sustained the motion and dismissed the case at a previous term.
There is a dispute about what actually occurred. On one side it is said that the motion to dismiss was sustained in May, 1914, and that nothing further was done in the case until the court of its own motion entered the order of May, 1915. On the other side it is said that the motion to dismiss was sustained at the close of the hearing on May 19, 1914, but that on the same day the order of dismissal was vacated and leave was given to brief the question of jurisdiction. At the November, 1914, term, no briefs having been filed, the case was again passed until the term occurring in May, 1915. This explanation is supported by the following entry made by the judge of the district court on the trial docket on the day the motion to dismiss was heard:
“6:30 p. m. Vacate ruling sustained; motion and leave given at plaintiff’s request to brief question -whether appeal waives lack of jurisdiction below.”
The judgment of the district court is affirmed.
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