Gimperling v. Hanes
Gimperling v. Hanes
Opinion of the Court
The action in the common pleas ivas brought upon an undertaking given under section 112, S. & C. Statutes, 789, for an appeal from a judgment of a justice of the peace.
The appeal was by the defendant, and after giving the undertaking for appeal he failed to file a transcript of the judgment and proceedings before the justice. And the plaintiff also failed to file such transcript.
The statute S. & C., 789, sec. 112, prescribes the condi tions of an undertaking for appeal. There are two condi
It is claimed that the sureties in the undertaking for appeal are liable for the judgment rendered by the justice under the first condition of the undertaking for appeal.
Section 116 of the Justices Act (S. & S.,« 419,) provides that if the appellant shall fail to deliver a transcript and other papers, to the clerk of the court of common pleas and have his appeal docketed on or before the thirtieth day from the rendition of the judgment appealed from, the appellee at the term of court next after the expiration of said thirty1- days, may file a transcript of the judgment and proceedings before the justice and the cause shall on the motion of the appellee be docketed; and thereupon the court shall either render judgment for the appellee similar to the judgment appealed from, or shall with the consent of the appellee dismiss the appeal.
This section thus provides two waj^s of disposing of the case after the appellant has failed to file the transcript and perfect his appeal. The two conditions of the undertaking for appeal prescribed by section 112, seem to be designed to preserve the liability on the appeal bond, whichever of the two courses provided in this section shall be pursued. If the appeal be dismissed, the surety in the undertaking would be liable under the first condition. In that case the surety would not be liable upon the second condition, for in that condition he undertakes to pay such judgment as may be rendered on appeal. If the case were disposed of on filing the transcript by the appellee, by judgment for the appellee similar to the judgment appealed from, the surety would not be liable upon the first condition, for the reason that in that condition he undertakes that the appellant will prosecute his appeal to effect and without unnecessary delay.
If there were any doubt that the two prescribed condi
Neither part}1- having filed a. transcript in the court of common pleas in this case, its situation is determined by reference to section 118, S. & C., 790, which provides that if both parties fail to enter such appeal, within the time limited, the justice, upon receiving a certificate of the clerk of the court of common pleas, stating that such appeal was not entered, shall issue‘execution upon the judgment as if nof such appeal had been taken.
The appellee having failed to file a transcript in the case, is not in position to enforce the undertaking for appeal. In Job v. Harlan, 13 Ohio St., 485, it is suggested in the opinion of the court, that the surety in the undertakingfor appeal might be liable under the first condition prescribed by the statute, when the appellee failed to file a transcript, for the reasons that the appellee at the time for filing the transcript might be “ prostrated by disease ” or “ might be absent,” or “ might rely upon the good faith of the appellant in taking the appeal,” and therefore fail to file a transcript.
The statute provides for the appellee a full and complete indemnity for his judgment against the appellant in every position in which the case may be placed by the appellant, upon compliance with the provisions above referred to.
And to say that this indemnity may be lost in any of the contingencies suggested in Job v. Harlan, is to say that it may be lost by neglect.
Counsel for plaintiff in error refer to Rockwell v. Rogers et al., 15 Ohio St., 544, and upon authority of that case
Judgment of district court affirmed.
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