Case Name: AUTO CONVOY COMPANY, a foreign corporation and Ober W. Willingham, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Issac D. SMITH, Defendant in Error
Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1960-03-15
Citations: 351 P.2d 1053
Docket Number: No. 38365
Parties: AUTO CONVOY COMPANY, a foreign corporation and Ober W. Willingham, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Issac D. SMITH, Defendant in Error.
Judges: WILLIAMS, V. C. J., and HALLEY, BLACKBIRD, IRWIN and BERRY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 351
Pages: 1053–1063

Head Matter:
AUTO CONVOY COMPANY, a foreign corporation and Ober W. Willingham, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Issac D. SMITH, Defendant in Error.
No. 38365.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma.
March 15, 1960.
Rehearing Denied April 19, 1960.
Application for Leave to File Second Petition for Rehearing Denied May 17, 1960.
Charles F. Burns, Miami, Henry Exall, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs in error.
Jack C. Brown, Miami, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendant in error, Issac D. Smith, filed a motion to dismiss the appeal in this case for the reason that the appeal was not filed in this Court within the time allowed by law.
The motion for new trial in this case was overruled by the trial court on March 7, 1958, and the defendants below gave notice of appeal and were allowed at that time an extension of 60 days from the 7th of March, 1958, to make and serve case-made, and plaintiff to have 20 days thereafter to suggest amendments, same to be settled on five days notice in writing by either party. A further extension of 30 days was taken in the matter on the 1st of May, 1958, and again on the 5th day of June, 1958, an order was entered by the trial court extending the time for 30 days to make and serve case-made, and the plaintiff to have an additional 10 days thereafter in which to suggest amendments, same to be settled thereafter on five days notice in writing by either party. The case-made was actually settled by the trial judge on July 15, 1958, and filed in this Court on the same date. Nowhere in the record is there any order which extended the time for filing the appeal in this Court.
Under the provisions of 12 O.S.1951 § 972, an appeal must be filed in the Supreme Court within three months from the rendition of the judgment or final order complained of unless the trial court extends the period of time. In this case the three months expired on the 7th day of June, 1958. The sole question in this case was settled by us in the case of City of Cleve land v. Hambright, Okl., 320 P.2d 388. In that case we specifically held that an order of the trial court extending the time to make and serve case-made does not extend the time in which to perfect the appeal. See also Adams v. Hobbs, 204 Okl. 85, 226 P.2d 913; Wilson v. Wilson, Okl., 264 P.2d 733; Roof v. Fechtel, Okl., 258 P.2d 890.
Section 8, Article 7, of the Constitution, provides as follows:
"The appellate and the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court shall be invoked in the manner now prescribed by the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma until the Legislature shall otherwise provide."
The Legislature of our State has provided that appeals must be filed within three months from the rendition of the judgment or final order complained of and since we have held that an extension of time in which to prepare and serve and settle case-made does not extend the time for filing the case in this Court, the appeal in this case must of necessity be, and is hereby dismissed.
WILLIAMS, V. C. J., and HALLEY, BLACKBIRD, IRWIN and BERRY, JJ., concur.
JOHNSON, J., concurs by reason of stare decisis.
JACKSON, J., concurring specially.
WELCH, J., and DAVISON, C. J., dissent.