Case Name: DUNCAN et al. v. DUNLAP
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1925-05-20
Citations: 273 S.W. 647
Docket Number: No. 7372
Parties: DUNCAN et al. v. DUNLAP.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 273
Pages: 647–647

Head Matter:
DUNCAN et al. v. DUNLAP.
(No. 7372.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. San Antonio.
May 20, 1925.
Rehearing Denied June 10, 1925.)
Appeal and error <&wkey;773(2) — Appeal will be dismissed for failure to file brief as required.
Where appeal was set down for submission a year and five months after judgment, and practically year after record was filed in appellate court, and appellants were duly notified of setting, failure to file briefs prior to motion to dismiss appeal held to require dismissal for want of prosecution, in absence of any excuse for such failure.
Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County; Bruce Young, Judge.
Suit by W. F. Dunlap against C. A. Duncan and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
Appeal dismissed.
Houtchens & Clark, of Fort Worth, for appellants.
Capps, Canty, Hanger & Short, of Fort Worth, for appellee.

Opinion:
FLY, C. J.
This suit was filed by W. F. Dunlap in which he sought to recover a debt for $559, due by appellants on a one-half undivided interest in and to a cleaning business in the city of Fort Worth. The cause was tried by jury, and on December 4,1923, a verdict and judgment for $618.75 were rendered in favor of appellee. The cause was appealed, and on May 17, 1924, the record was filed in the Court of Civil Appeals of the Second District, and was transferred to and filed in this court on January 23, 1925. The cause was set down for submission in this court on May 13, 1925, and appellants were duly notified of the setting on April 28, 1925, No brief was filed, in the Court of Civil Appeals of the Second District, nor in this court, and only 'after a motion to dismiss had been filed by appellee, appellants sought to file briefs. They will not be permitted in violation of the rules to file the briefs. No excuse has been offered for a failure to file the briefs as required by law, and the motion to dismiss will be sustained.
The appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution.
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