Hancock v. Little

Supreme Court of Oklahoma October 14, 1947

Hancock v. Little, 199 Okla. 256 (Okla. 1947)

185 P.2d 462; 1947 OK 292; 1947 Okla. LEXIS 646

Hurst, Davison, Riley, Bayless, Welch, Corn, Gibson, Luttrell

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Defendants have appealed from a judgment entered against them in the trial court, and on October 6, 1945, filed their brief. The authorities therein cited reasonably sustain the allegations of error. The plaintiff has filed no brief and has offered no excuse for such failure. Under such circumstances, as stated by this court in Durham v. Brown, 164 Okla. 139, 24 P. 2d 295, it is not the duty of this court to search the record to find some theory upon which to sustain the action of the trial court, but the cause may be reversed and remanded, with directions.

The cause is reversed and remanded, with directions to the trial court to vacate the judgment entered for the plaintiff and to enter a judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $582.82, said judgment to draw interest from the date of the entry thereof.

HURST, C.J., DAVISON, V.C.J., and RILEY, BAYLESS, WELCH, CORN, GIBSON, and LUTTRELL, JJ., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name: Hancock Et Ux. v. Little.
Status: Published
Syllabus: (Syllabus.) APPEAL AND ERROR — Reversal — Failure of defendant in error to file brief. Where plaintiffs in error have served and filed brief but the defendant in error has neither filed a brief nor offered any excuse for his failure to do so, the court is not required to search the record to find some theory upon which the judgment of the trial court may be sustained, but may, where the authorities cited in the brief filed appear reasonably to sustain the assignments of error, reverse the cause, with directions.