Title: J.B. ACTON, INC. v. DIRION
Citation: 1958 OK 156, 329 P.2d 675
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: June 17, 1958

J.B. ACTON, INC. v. DIRION Annotate this Case J.B. ACTON, INC. v. DIRION 1958 OK 156 329 P.2d 675 Case Number: 37992 Decided: 06/17/1958 Supreme Court of Oklahoma J.B. ACTON, INC., A CORPORATION, AND CASUALTY RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE, AND INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. WALTER DIRION AND PERRY EDWARD WELLS, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR. Syllabus by the Court. ¶0 1. All proceedings by case-made for reversing, vacating or modifying judgments or final orders shall be commenced within twenty days from the date the case-made is settled, and where case-made and petition in error are not filed in this court within twenty days from the date the case-made is settled, this court is without jurisdiction to entertain the appeal and will dismiss the same Appeal from the District Court of Tulsa County; Eben L. Taylor, Judge. This is a personal injury action by Walter Dirion against Casualty Reciprocal Exchange and J.B. Acton, Inc. Judgment for plaintiff and defendants appeal. Appeal dismissed. Green & Feldman, W.E. Green, Raymond G. Feldman, Wm. S. Hall, George A. Farrar, Tulsa, for plaintiffs in error. Landrith & McGee, Thomas A. Landrith, Jr., Richard K. McGee, John W. Hager, Tulsa, for defendants in error. CORN, Vice Chief Justice. ¶1 This is an attempted appeal by petition in error, with case-made attached, from a judgment of the District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, in an action for damages by reason of personal injuries suffered in an accident. Judgment was rendered by the court on the 26th day of April, 1957. The motion for new trial, timely filed, was overruled May 27, 1957. Notice of appeal to this court was given. The case-made was settled and signed by the trial judge on September 4, 1957 and was filed in the District Court of Tulsa County, on the same date. The petition in error, with case-made attached, was not filed in this Court until the 30th day of September, 1957, which was more than twenty days from the date the case-made was settled and signed. ¶2 Our statute requires that all proceedings by case-made be commenced within twenty days from the date the case-made is settled. ¶3 Appeal dismissed. ¶4 HALLEY, JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, BLACKBIRD and JACKSON, JJ., concur.