Title: MORTON v. BAKER
Citation: 178 Okla. 227, 1936 OK 726, 62 P.2d 476
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: November 17, 1936

MORTON v. BAKER Annotate this Case MORTON v. BAKER 1936 OK 726 62 P.2d 476 178 Okla. 227 Case Number: 27102 Decided: 11/17/1936 Supreme Court of Oklahoma MORTON v. BAKER Syllabus ¶0 APPEAL AND ERROR - Dismissal of Appeal on Jurisdictional Grounds in Accordance With Motion Where no Response Filed. Where the defendant in error has filed a motion to dismiss upon jurisdictional grounds, and this court has ordered the plaintiff in error to respond thereto and no response has been filed it is not the duty of this court to inquire further into the jurisdiction where the authorities cited by the movant reasonably sustain the lack of jurisdiction. Appeal from District Court, Okmulgee County; Arthur Cochran, Judge. Action by T.J. Baker against Walter W. Morton and another for foreclosure of a mortgage. From a judgment for the plaintiff, defendants appeal. Dismissed. Geo. C. Beidleman, Henry M. Beidleman, and Thomas J. Farrar, for plaintiffs in error. T.F. Shackleford, Cochran & Noble, and John L. Norman, for defendant in error. PER CURIAM. ¶1 A motion to dismiss has been filed because the plaintiffs in error failed to give notice in open court either at the time the judgment was rendered or within 10 days thereafter of intention to appeal to the Supreme Court and the record not affirmatively showing such notice was given. A response was called for under date of July 27, 1936, but the same has not been complied with. In the case of French v. Page 228 Bragg, 177 Okla. 43 , 55 P.2d 953, we said: "Where the defendant in error has filed a motion to dismiss upon jurisdictional grounds, and this court has ordered the plaintiff in error to respond thereto and no response has been filed, it is not the duty of this court to inquire further into the jurisdiction where the authorities cited by the movant reasonably sustain the lack of jurisdiction." ¶2 The appeal is therefore dismissed.