Case Name: FRATT v. WILSON
Court: Oregon Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1897-04-05
Citations: 30 Or. 542
Docket Number: 
Parties: FRATT v. WILSON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Oregon Reports
Volume: 30
Pages: 542–547

Head Matter:
Decided April 5, 1897;
rehearing denied.
FRATT v. WILSON.
(47 Pac. 706; 48 Pac. 356.)
1. Appeal — Jurisdiction of Supreme Court — Filing Transcript.— Where the parties stipulate that a printed abstract shall be filed in lieu of the usual transcript on appeal (rules 4 and 13, Rules of . Supreme Court, 24 Or. pp. 595, 601), one of them cannot after-wards object that the court has no jurisdiction, under section 541, Hill’s Code, providing that the jurisdiction of the appellate court shall attach only on filing the transcript.
2. Service of Process in Transitory Actions Against Non-Residents. — The expression, “none of the parties,” found in the latter part of section 44 of Hill’s Code, means none of the defendants; so that in a transitory action a non-resident of this State may be sued in any county that the plaintiff may select, and personal service anywhere within the State will be good: Dunham v. Shindler, 17 Or. 256, and Brown v. Deschuttes Bridge Co., 23 Or. 7, distinguished.
3. Idem.- — The expression, “none of the parties reside in this state,” found in section 44 of Hill’s Code, refers to all non-resident defendants, whether they are found in the State or are absent therefrom.
From Multnomah: E. D. Shattuck, Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the trial court overruling a motion to set aside a default order and judgment. it appears from the record that Francis Fratt sued H. C. Wilson, in Multnomah County, on a transitory cause of action, and caused the summons to be served on the defendant personally in Lake County. Wilson was at the time a resident of California, but was temporarily in Lake-County on business. No appearance was made, and in due time plaintiff obtained a judgment for want of an answer. Afterward defendant applied to the court to set aside this judgment, on the ground that the court had no-jurisdiction over the person of the defendant, and that the judgment was and is wholly void. After due consideration the motion was overruled.
For the purpose of perfecting an appeal, the appellant filed in the upper court a printed abstract of the record in the form indicated by Rules 5, 7 and 9 of that court (24 Or. 595, 600), attached to which was a stipulation under Rule-13 (24 Or. 601), that the case might be heard on the-printed abstract aloné, viz.: “It is hereby agreed by and between the plaintiff and defendant herein, through and by their respective attorneys, that this case shall be tried, in the Supreme Court upon the foregoing abstract, with7 out a transcript, and that no transcript shall be filed therein.” No transcript having been filed in the upper court by the first day of the next term, as provided for by section 541 of Hill’s Code, the respondent moved to dismiss the-appeal.
Motion Overruled: Affirmed.
For appellant there was a brief over the names of Hammond & Vawter, and Lionel R. Webster, with an oral argument by Mr. A. S. Hammond.
For respondent there was a brief and an oral argument' by Mr. William M. Gregory.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal. ,
Per Curiam,
This is a motion to dismiss an appeal. The record shows that the appeal was regularly taken and perfected, but, instead of the usual.transcript of the cause, there was filed in this court a printed abstract thereof, by agreement of the parties hereto, entered into in pursuance of Rule 13 (24 Or. 601, 37 Pac. 8). Plaintiff's counsel now contend that jurisdiction cannot be conferred by consent of the parties, and, under section 541, Hill's Code, is not acquired until the transcript is filed, and that, even if the abstract be regarded as supplying the place of the transcript, the one filed herein is not sufficient to enable the court to determine the appeal upon its merits, and for these reasons move to dismiss it. Whether the notice of appeal is to be considerd in the nature of process, upon the service of which this court obtains jurisdiction, and the transcript as the evidence by which the judgment is to be reviewed on appeal, so that the parties might stipulate the facts involved and ask a construction of the law arising thereon, or whether the filing of the transcript is to be deemed the final act, without which no jurisdiction can be obtained, we do not feel called upon to decide, for the plaintiff, having stipulated with the defendant that the printed abstract should be deemed sufficient for the trial of the cause on appeal, is not in a position to controvert the legal effect of his agreement upon the faith of which the defendant presumptively relied. An examination of the abstract leads us to the conclusion that it fairly presents the questions involved, and hence the motion to dismiss the appeal is overruled.
Motion Overruled.