State ex rel. Velvet Mining Co. v. Southwestern Machinery Co.
State ex rel. Velvet Mining Co. v. Southwestern Machinery Co.
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff recovered in the circuit court and defendant appealed.
The respondent has suggested that this appeal be dismissed because of the failure of appellant to file a proper abstract of the record. The appeal was taken under what is known as the short form. In due time, appellant filed his abstract of the record. The abstract does not contain a copy of the judgment or a concise statement of such judgment. It recites that “the jury
In Harding v. Bedoll, 202 Mo. 625, the Supreme Court in an opinion by Graves, J., undertook to state in detail what an abstract means as applied to a record. Among other requirements, -we find the following, “It would likewise mean that there should be a concise statement of the judgment and the date of its rendition,” etc. It is true, that the transcript contains a copy of the judgment, but this is not sufficient, [Harding v. Bedoll, supra.]
From what has been said, the appeal should.be .dismissed, and it is so ordered.
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