Case Name: SMITH, Appellant, v. KIRK, Respondent
Court: Montana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Montana
Decision Date: 1914-01-28
Citations: 48 Mont. 482
Docket Number: No. 3,345
Parties: SMITH, Appellant, v. KIRK, Respondent.
Judges: Mr. Justice Holloway and Mr. Justice Sanner concur.
Reporter: Montana Reports
Volume: 48
Pages: 482–483

Head Matter:
SMITH, Appellant, v. KIRK, Respondent.
(No. 3,345.)
(Submitted January 10, 1914.
Decided January 28, 1914.)
[138 Pac. 1086.]
Default Judgment—Vacation—Appeal from Order—Record— Insufficiency.
1. On appeal from an order setting aside a default judgment, the papers actually used as the basis of the order must he embodied in a •bill of exceptions certified by (the trial judge, copies certified by the clerk or attorneys being insufficient.
Appeal from District Court, Hill County; Frcmk N. Utter, Judge.
Action by W. T. Smith against James Kirk. From an order setting aside defendant’s default, plaintiff appeals.
Affirmed.
Mr. B. E. O’Keefe, and Messrs. Nelson & Moore, for Appellant, submitted a brief; Mr. 0 ’Keefe argued the cause orally.
Mr. W. B. Sands submitted a brief in behalf of Respondent, and argued the cause orally.

Opinion:
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BRANTLY
delivered the opinion of the court.
Action for damages for loss sustained by the plaintiff by reason of the sale to him by defendant of a glandered horse. The defendant suffered default, and judgment was thereupon entered for the. relief demanded. On motion of defendant, an order was made setting aside the default and judgment, and he was permitted to file an answer. Plaintiff has appealed.
The appeal cannot be considered on the merits, for the reason that, whereas the motion was based upon a showing of excusable neglect, the record does not embody properly authenticated copies of the affidavits filed in support of it. It has often been announced by this court that, upon an appeal from an order such as the one at bar, the papers actually used as the basis of it in the district court must be embodied in a bill of exceptions certified by the judge a quo, and that copies certified by the clerk or attorneys only will not be considered, that further announcement on the subject ought not to be necessary. On the authority of Latimer v. Nelson, 47 Mont. 545, 133 Pac. 680, the latest announcement on the subject, and the cases cited therein, the order appealed from is affirmed.
Affirmed.
Mr. Justice Holloway and Mr. Justice Sanner concur.