Case ID: sw_158/html/0175-01.html
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Author: {"author": "MOURSUND, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

GALVESTON, H. & S. A. RY. CO. v. SHORT.
    (Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. San Antonio.
    June 4, 1913.)
    Appeal and Error (§ 773) — Dismissal op Appeal — Grounds — Delay in Filins Brief.
    Where a brief by appellant containing 35 pages and briefing 11 assignments of error is not filed, nor a copy served on the attorney for appellee, until within four days of the time for submission of the case, the time is too short to enable the appellee to answer the brief and under the rules the appeal will be dismissed on his motion.
    [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Cent. Dig. §§ 3104, 3108-3110; Dec. Dig. § 773.*]
    Appeal from Guadalupe County Court; J. M. Woods, Judge.
    Action between the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company and H. E. Short. Judgment for H. E. Short and the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company appeals.
    Dismissed.
    Emil Mosheim, of Seguin, for appellant.
    
      
      For other eases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am. Dig. Key-No. Series & Rep’r Indexes
    
   MOURSUND, J.

This case was set for submission on May 28th. Appellant filed his briefs in this court on May 24th, and on the same day filed a copy in the trial court, and had the attorneys for appellee served with notice of such filing. Appellee has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal.on the ground that by reason of the failure to file briefs in time he has been prevented from properly making his defense in this court When ap-pellee insists upon the enforcement of the rules, and the court cannot say that it is evident ample time remains to appellee in which to answer, the appeal should be dismissed. Hamilton v. McLane, 147 S. W. 284, and cases therein cited.

Eleven assignments of error are briefed in this case; the brief containing 35 pages. We conclude that it was not incumbent upon ap-pellees to undertake to answer the brief within the few days left them, and that their motion should be granted.

The appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution, and appellant is permitted to withdraw the transcript.