Case Name: D. Mont Mason v. Lola Felix
Court: Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1909-12
Citations: 9 Ohio Nisi Prius (n.s.) 447
Docket Number: 
Parties: D. Mont Mason v. Lola Felix.
Judges: 
Reporter: Ohio nisi prius and general term reports (new series)
Volume: 9
Pages: 447–448

Head Matter:
TIME WITHIN WHICH TO FILE APPEAL FROM JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Common Pleas Court of Hamilton County.
D. Mont Mason v. Lola Felix.
Decided, December, 1909.
Jurisdiction on Appeal—Time Expires for Filing Transcript from Justice of the Peace, When—Sections. 4951 and 6585.
Where the transcript from a justice of the peace is not delivered to the clerk of the court of common pleas on or before the thirtieth day from the rendition' of the judgment, jurisdiction is not conferred and a motion to dismiss the appeal must be granted.
J. G. DeFosset, for plaintiff.
M. Muller, contra.

Opinion:
Dickson, J.
This case was head on motion of plaintiff to dismiss appeal from justice of the peace for the reason that the transcript of the justice was not delivered to the clerk of this court in accord with Section 6585, Revised Statutes; that is, it was not delivered on or before the thirtieth day from the rendition of the judgment appealed from.
The judgment complained of was rendered April 2, 1909. The transcript was delivered to the clerk on May 3, 1909—the thirty-first day from the rendition of the judgment by the justice. The thirtieth day from the rendition of the judgment by the justice came on Sunday. Defendant claims that he was in time in accord with Section 4951 of the Revised Statutes and particularly that part of the section which provides: "And if the last (day) be on Sunday it shall be excluded. ' '
The court is of the opinion that this section does not apply to proceedings before or from the justice's court. McLees et al v. Morrison, 29 O. S., 155, decided December, 1876, and followed in Kerr v. Keil, 60 O. S., 607, decided April 25, 1899, and after the revision of 1880.
Our Supreme Court having held in Brown, Assignee, v. Wallace, Assignee, 66 O. S., page 57, that the right of appeal exists only by virtue'of the statutes, and that the appellate court's jurisdiction must be strictly acquired the plaintiff's motion must be granted and the appeal to this court be dismissed.