Case Name: The Board of Commissioners of Rawlins County v. Jesse W. Beals
Court: Kansas Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Decision Date: 1896-01-09
Citations: 2 Kan. App. 313
Docket Number: No. 53
Parties: The Board of Commissioners of Rawlins County v. Jesse W. Beals.
Judges: All the Judges concurring.
Reporter: Reports of cases decided in the Courts of Appeals of the state of Kansas
Volume: 2
Pages: 313–315

Head Matter:
The Board of Commissioners of Rawlins County v. Jesse W. Beals.
No. 53.
Appeal prom Justice Court by Municipality — Time for Perfecting. Both the written statement and the affidavit required by the statute for an appeal by a municipality from the judgment of a justice of the peace must be filed within 10 days after the rendition of the judgment, and if the statement only is filed within the 10 days, the affidavit not being filed until the lapse of 15 days, it is not error for the district court to dismiss the appeal.
Memorandum. — Error from Rawlins district court; G. Webb Bertram, judge. Action on a promissory note brought by the board of county commissioners of Rawlins county against Jesse W. Beals. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings the case here.
Affirmed.
The material facts are stated in the opinion, filed January 9, 1896.
J. P. Noble, county attorney, for plaintiff in error.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Garver, J. :
This was an action commenced before a justice of the peace by the board of county commis sioners of Rawlins county against Jesse W. Beals, in which judgment was rendered by the justice for the defendant, and an appeal therefrom to the district court was attempted to be taken by the plaintiff. On motion of the defendant the appeal was dismissed. This ruling of the court is the only question presented for our consideration.
No appeal bond was given, and, in lieu thereof, the plaintiff attempted a compliance with the statute which provides : -
"When any municipality desires to appeal, no bond shall be required, and it shall be sufficient to perfect any such appeal if the appellant shall, within 10 days after the rendition of the judgment, cause to be filed with the justice of the peace a statement in writing that appellant does appeal from such judgment to the district court of the county, ( and file an affidavit setting forth the appeal is not taken for vexation or delay, but because the affiant believes that the appellant is aggrieved by the judgment.' " (Gen. Stat. 1889, ¶4973.)
A written statement that the plaintiff appealed to the district court was filed eight days and the affidavit required by the statute was filed 15 days after the rendition of the judgment. The requirements of the statute as to the conditions upon which an appeal may be taken from a justice's court to the district court must be complied with within the time given by the statute, or the right to an appeal is lost. When other conditions are imposed in lieu of the giving of a bond, a compliance with such' statutory requirements is essential. • Both the written statement and the affidavit must be filed; neither one of itself is sufficient to secure an appeal. The statute expressly provides that these necessary steps for an appeal must be taken within 10 days after the rendi tion of the judgment. As that was not done in this case the appeal was properly dismissed. (Struber v. Rohlfs, 36 Kan. 202; McCarthy v. Holden, 54 id. 313.) The judgment of the district court will be affirmed.
All the Judges concurring.