Crosby v. Clary
Crosby v. Clary
Opinion of the Court
Rule 15 requires that in all cases the appellant shall file with the clerk of this court, on or before the day next preceding the day on which the cause is docketed for hearing, five copies of a printed abstract or abridgment of the record in said cause, setting forth so much thereof as is necessary to a full
The defendant has lodged no objection here to the appeal on account of this neglect of plaintiff. If he had done so we should probably have been bound to have dismissed it. The defendant files his brief preceded by the admission that “the statement” made by appellant in his brief in this cause is correct, with the exception, viz.: He says, “ Nor did plaintiff enter his appearance or do any act waiving such notice.'1’’ Respondent - does not claim that appellant formally entered his appearance as provided by the statute, but
While the “ statement” of the record as made by plaintiff is quite meager, yet as it is admitted by the defendant to be correct except in one particular, and as it sets forth so much of the record as is necessary to a full understanding of the question presented for our decision, we shall not dismiss the appeal. The certificate of the clerk, tending to show a waiver of notice of the appeal by the plaintiff, cannot be considered by us. The case must be considered as if such certificate had not been filed as a paper in the cause. It must be wholly disregarded by us. The question then is whether upon the statement of facts, conceded to be true, the circuit court erred in overruling the motion to' set aside its judgment, and to affirm the judgment of the justice. It is well settled in this state that, when an appeal from a justice is not allowed on the same day when.'the judgment is rendered, the failure of the appellant to notify the1 other party of the appeal before the second term of the circuit court, thereafter is such failure to prosecute the appeal as wili warrant an
The notice to the appellee was necessary to bring him into the circuit court, without which the court would have no jurisdiction to adjudicate upon the case otherwise than pointed out in the statute. R. S., sec. 3057; Cooksey v. Railroad, 17 Mo. App. 132. There being no waiver of the notice of appeal the power of the court was limited to a dismissal of the appeal or the affirmance of the judgment; applying these principles to the conceded facts of the case in hand, and it is quite clear that the circuit court erred in overruling the motion to set aside the judgment and to affirm the judgment of the justice of the peace. The judgment of the circuit court is reversed, and cause remanded with directions to affirm the judgment of the justice of the peace.
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- Edwin T. Crosby v. Thomas C. Clary
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