Central Pasto Viejo, Inc. v. Aponte
Central Pasto Viejo, Inc. v. Aponte
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
In this case two appeals were taken, one by the plaintiff corporation and the other by the defendant. The defendant filed his appeal on January 21, 1923. The plaintiff elected to have the stenographer prepare a transcript of the evidence, while the defendant prepared himself a statement of the case and bill of exceptions and asked for several extensions of time for that purpose, which were granted. On April 11, 1924, the stenographer delivered the transcript of the evidence and from that time the defendant was granted, with the consent of one of the plaintiff’s attorneys, other extensions of time. He was also granted, without such consent, two extensions — one of five days on January 27, 1925, and another of fifteen days on February 11, 1925. Before the last extension had expired, or on February 17, 1925, the defendant presented the statement of the case and the 26th of the same month was set for its approval. This setting was postponed on motion of the plaintiff and a new setting made for the 13th of March, 1925. On these facts the plaintiff moves for the dismissal of the defendant’s appeal, alleging that it has not been prosecuted with due diligence or in good faith and that it is frivolous. The appeal of the defendant is said to be frivolous because it is based on a conflict in the evidence which the trial court adjusted in favor of the plaintiff, because, among other reasons, there was absolutely no written evidence, as is required by the amount of the alleged contract. The appeal is alleged to be frivolous also as regards the defendant’s re-convention, which is another of the grounds of his appeal, because it appears on the face of the answer to the counter-complaint that the demurrer to it should be sustained, reference being made for this pleading to what appears from the judgment-roll in the plaintiff’s other appeal.
As regards the question of frivolity, we do not find the reasons adduced sufficient to justify the dismissal of the appeal on this ground.
The motion of the appellee must be overruled.
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