Case Name: HATFIELD v. GOTT
Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1936-02-04
Citations: 175 Okla. 646
Docket Number: No. 26037
Parties: HATFIELD v. GOTT.
Judges: McNEILL, C. J., and RILEY, BUSBY, PHELPS, and GIBSON, JX, concur.
Reporter: Oklahoma Reports
Volume: 175
Pages: 646–646

Head Matter:
HATFIELD v. GOTT.
No. 26037.
Feb. 4, 1936.
Woodson E. Norvell, for plaintiff in error.
Herbert E. Smith, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
On the 28th day of November, 1934, the petition in error was filed and on the 27th day of February, 1935, the plaintiff in error filed his brief. No brief has been filed for the defendant in error nor has any excuse been offered for such failure. Under such circumstances, it is not the duty of the court to search the record for some theory upon which to sustain the judgment, but where the allegations of error are reasonably supported in the brief of plaintiff in error, the court may reverse the cause in accordance with the prayer of the plaintiff in error. ^
The cause is reversed and remanded, with directions to vacate the judgment entered and enter judgment for defendant.
McNEILL, C. J., and RILEY, BUSBY, PHELPS, and GIBSON, JX, concur.