Speer v. Rushing
Speer v. Rushing
Opinion of the Court
Appellee has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal in this case upon the grounds: (1) That there is no assignment of error in the record; and (2) that appellant did not file his brief in the trial court 5 days before taking out the record, as provided in article 2115, R. S.
“Where a motion for a new trial has been filed the assignments therein shall constitute the assignments of error and need not be repeated by the filing of the assignments of error.”
But, while the statute makes failure to comply therewith a ground for dismissing an appeal, it does not require a dismissal in such case, and an appeal will not be dismissed for such cause where the appellee has been afforded ample time and opportunity to file his brief before the cause is submitted. Railway Co. v. Holden, 93 Tex. 211, 54 S. W. 751; Railway Co. v. Wood (Civ. App.) 147 S. W. 283; Gibbs v. Eastham (Civ. App.) 139 S. W. 1166; Morrison v. Harrell (Civ. App.) 139 S. W. 1166; Danner v. Walker-Smith Co. (Civ. App.) 154 S. W. 295; Crenshaw v. Hempel (Civ. App.) 130 S. W. 731; Bull v. Railway Co., 33 Tex. Civ. App. 547, 78 S. W. 525; Deaton v. Feazle (Civ. App.) 85 S. W. 1167.
The record in this case was delivered to appellant’s attorney May 11, 1915, and was filed in this court May 20, 1915. On June 2, 1915, appellant filed a copy of his brief with the district clerk, and his counsel state, in answer to appellee’s motion to dismiss, that they delivered a copy of same to appellee’s attorneys on June 2, 1915. Appellant filed four copies of Ms brief with the clerk of this court on June 4, 1915. Owing to the crowded condition of our docket this case cannot be reached for submission before our October term. It thus appears that appellee has suffered no injury by appellant’s failure to file a copy of his brief with the district clerk before taking out the transcript.
For the reasons stated, the motion to dismiss this appeal is overruled.
Overruled.
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