Case Name: The State of Washington, Appellant, v. Fred W. Butler, Respondent
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1898-03-16
Citations: 19 Wash. 110
Docket Number: No. 2684
Parties: The State of Washington, Appellant, v. Fred W. Butler, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 110–110

Head Matter:
[No. 2684.
Decided March 16, 1898.]
The State of Washington, Appellant, v. Fred W. Butler, Respondent.
APPEAL — TIME OF FILING NOTICE.
Jurisdiction to hear an appeal is not conferred upon the supreme court where the appellant does not file his notice of appeal in the clerk’s office until seven days after its service on respondent, when the statute requires that such filing should be made within five days after service.
Appeal from Superior Court, Snohomish County. — Hon. Frank T. Reid, Judge.
Appeal dismissed.
P. H. Winston, Attorney General, and Thomas M. Vance, for The State.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This action was brought by the state to eject the defendant from certain lands alleged to have been granted to the state for the support of its common schools. The land had been patented to the defendant, but it was contended that he had settled thereon after title had vested in the state, and while the same was unsurveyed. Judgment having been rendered for the defendant, the state has appealed. There has been no appearance in this court by the defendant. The record discloses that the notice of appeal was served on the 10th day of June, 1897, but that it was not filed until the 17th day of said month. This was insufficient to confer jurisdiction upon this court. Watson v. Pugh, 9 Wash. 665 (38 Pac. 163); Howard v. Shaw, 10 Wash. 151 (38 Pac. 746); Fairfield v. Binnian, 13 Wash. 1 (42 Pac. 632); Puckett v. Moody, 17 Wash. 609 (50 Pac. 494).
It follows that the appeal must be dismissed.