Longview Transit Company v. Ferchill
Longview Transit Company v. Ferchill
Opinion of the Court
This case is an abortive appeal from a judgment in an action of sworn account in the District Court of Gregg County. The appeal is dismissed.
Appellee filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the appellant’s failure to timely file an appeal bond under Rule 356, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, deprives this Court of jurisdiction. That motion has been carried with the cáse'. Appellant’s answer to the motion to dismiss is that failure to file the appeal bond within the time allowed by Rule 356 is mere informality and not jurisdictional; and that under Rule 404 appellee’s failure to object to the filing of the bond within 30 days after filing of the transcript in this Court is a waiver of the alleged failure to timely file the bond in the trial court. Appellant’s contention cannot be sustained.
Judgment was pronounced in the trial court on May 15, 1957. Motion for new-trial was filed May 20,1957. The transcript does not show a formal written order by the trial judge setting a hearing date on the motion for new trial, but several instruments incorporated in the transcript reT cite that it was set for hearing June 28, 1957. The motion was not presented to the court on June 28th, but as the court term was to end June 30, 1957, on June 28th preceding end of the term, the trial judge entered an order extending the term to July 30, 1957. Next, the record shows a written agreement dated and filed July 15, 1957, in which the parties agree to a setting of the motion for new trial for hearing on July 19, 1957. The appellant construes this last-mentioned instrument as an agreement of the parties to postpone the hearing on the motion in accordance with subd. 3, Rule 329-b, and a compliance therewith. The motion for new trial was overruled by the trial judge in an order dated and filed July 19, 1957.
The appeal cost bond was filed with the clerk of the trial court August 16, 1957, which is more than 30 days after the date the motion for new trial was overruled; the filing therefore does not comply with Rule 356 and appellee’s motion must be sustained and the appeal dismissed. See Glidden Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., Tex. 291 S.W.2d 315.
It is ordered that the appeal be dismissed.
Concurring Opinion
I concur, but the motion for new trial was overruled by operation of law on the 5th day of July, 1957.
Reference
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- LONGVIEW TRANSIT COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. Pat FERCHILL, D/B/A Reliable Motor Supply, Appellee
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- Published