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Myers v. Hunt

MYERS Et Al. v. HUNT Et Al.

Myers v. Hunt, 1914 OK 655, 145 P. 328
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Court
Supreme Court of Oklahoma · State Highest Courts
Decided
December 22, 1914
Docket
No. 6969
Judges
Riddle
Citations
145 P. 3281914 OK 65545 Okla. 1401914 Okla. LEXIS 251
Disposition
Dismissed.
Syllabus
APPEAL AND iERROR — Frivolous Appeal — Dismissal. It clearly appears from the motion to dismiss the petition in error and the judgment appealed from that this appeal is prosecuted for delay, and that plaintiffs in error had no valid defense to defendants in error’s cause of action, and that this appeal is manifestly frivolous. Held, that said motion to dismiss should be -sustained under the authority of Skirvin v. Bass .Furniture and Carpet 'Co., 43 Okla. 440, 143 Pac. 190, and Skirvin v. Goldstein, 40 Okla. 315, 137 Pac. 1176. (Syllabus by the Court.)
Summary
Error from District Court, Garvin County; B. McMillan, Judge. Action between Joe F. Myers and others and Miles H. Hunt and others. From the judgment, the parties first named bring error.

Syllabus and headnotes are prepared by the reporter or publisher, not the court, and are not part of the opinion.

Opinion of the Court — Riddle

RIDDLE, J.

Motion to dismiss the appeal has been filed upon the ground, among others, that the appeal is frivolous and not taken within the time allowed by law. No response has been filed to this motion. Judgment was rendered in the court below on May 14, 1914, sustaining motion of defendants in error for judgment on the pleadings. The judgment of the court recites that:

“And thereupon the plaintiff announced ready for trial upon his mbtión for judgment upon the pleadings, and upon the merits of said cause, and said defendants, appearing, announced in open court that they had no -defense to the -action of the plaintiff herein,”

From the language quoted, supra, and the petition in error and motion to dismiss, it appears beyond doubt that this appeal is prosecuted for delay, and that the same is manifestly frivolous and without merit. It clearly appears from said judgment and motion to dismiss that defendants had no valid defense to plaintiffs’ cause of action.

In Skirvin v. Bass Furniture & Carpet Co., 43 Okla. 440 , 143 Pac. 190 , the third syllabus reads:

“The motion to dismiss the petition in error shows that plaintiff in error had no legal defense to the.cause of .action, and in the trial court the cause of action was admitted; that the appeal is manifestly frivolous and without merit.

Held, that it *142 is proper for this court to sustain such motion and dismiss the appeal.”

See also, Skirvin v. Goldstein, 40 Okla. 315 , 137 Pac. 1176 .

For the reasons stated herein, the appeal is dismissed.

All the Justices concur.

How later courts describe this case

No later court has written an explanatory parenthetical about this case yet.

1915: 41917: 11919: 11920: 21926: 119152026peak 1915 · 4

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Conservative Loan Co. v. Saulsbury1919 OK 246, 182 P. 685
  2. Hollister v. Kory1915 OK 451, 149 P. 1136
  3. Dean v. Storm1915 OK 259, 148 P. 732
  4. Buckner v. Jenkins1926 OK 782, 251 P. 81
  5. Greenless v. Beckett1915 OK 805, 152 P. 349
  6. Brown v. Starkweather1915 OK 786, 152 P. 371

Most recent

  1. Buckner v. Jenkins1926 OK 782, 251 P. 81
  2. Johnson v. Henshaw1920 OK 383, 193 P. 998
  3. Wells v. McArthur1920 OK 96, 188 P. 322
  4. Conservative Loan Co. v. Saulsbury1919 OK 246, 182 P. 685
  5. Niles v. Georgia State Sav. Ass'n of Savannah1917 OK 69, 163 P. 527
  6. Greenless v. Beckett1915 OK 805, 152 P. 349

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Authorities cited 2

DepthCaseCited by
Skirvin v. Goldstein, 1914 OK 33, 137 P. 1176 14
Skirvin v. Bass Furniture & Carpet Co., 1914 OK 450, 143 P. 190 13

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