Case Name: Guardianship of MADDOX. COON v. MADDOX
Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1953-02-24
Citations: 208 Okla. 141
Docket Number: No. 34546
Parties: Guardianship of MADDOX. COON v. MADDOX.
Judges: HALLEY, C.J., JOHNSON, V.C.J., and WELCH, CORN, ARNOLD, O’NEAL, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Oklahoma Reports
Volume: 208
Pages: 141–141

Head Matter:
Guardianship of MADDOX. COON v. MADDOX.
No. 34546.
Feb. 24, 1953.
253 P. 2d 1075.
John Allen Phillips, II, Durant, for plaintiff in error.
Porter Newman, Durant, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
BLACKBIRD, J.
The plaintiff in error has appealed from a judgment entered against him in the trial court and on the 15th day of April, 1950, he filed his brief. The authorities in the brief reasonably sustain the allegations of error. The defendant in error has filed no brief and has offered no excuse for such failure. Under such circumstances, as stated in Gooldy v. Hines, 186 Okla. 583, 99 P. 2d 498, it is not the duty of this court to search the record for some theory upon which to sustain the action of the trial court, but the cause may be reversed and remanded with directions.
The cause is reversed and remanded, with directions to vacate the judgment entered for the defendant in error and grant a new trial.
HALLEY, C.J., JOHNSON, V.C.J., and WELCH, CORN, ARNOLD, O'NEAL, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.