National Surety Co. v. Jones
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
National Surety Co. v. Jones, 170 P. 1146 (Okla. 1918)
69 Okla. 174; 1918 OK 99; 1918 Okla. LEXIS 655
Pryor
National Surety Co. v. Jones
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The question presented on appeal by the plaintiff in error is that the petition of the defendants in error, who were plaintiffs below, does not state a cause of action against the plaintiff in error, who was defendant below, and there is no legal evidence' to sustain the judgment of the trial court. On the 6th day of March, 1917, the plaintiff in error filed its 'brief, which reasonably supports its contentions. The defendants in error have failed to file briefs or to give any reasonable excuse for their failure to do so.
Under the rules of this court, which have been repeatedly and consistently followed, this judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded.
By the Court: It is so ordered.
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- NATIONAL SURETY CO. v. JONES Et Al.
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- Syllabus
- Appeal and Error — Failure to File Briefs —Reversal. ■ - Under the rules of the Supreme Court, where the plaintiff has duly filed brief -.Which reasonably sustains his contention that- the judgment of the trial court is erroneous and' the defendant fails to file brief within time or give a reasonable excuse for his failure tv do so, the Supreme Court will not search the record to find some theory on which the judgment below may be sustained, but may reverse the judgment. (Syllabus by Pryor, C.)