Title: AMERICAN NAT. BANK OF PAWHUSKA v. ROGERS
Citation: 181 Okla. 391, 1937 OK 696, 74 P.2d 116
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: December 7, 1937

AMERICAN NAT. BANK OF PAWHUSKA v. ROGERS Annotate this Case AMERICAN NAT. BANK OF PAWHUSKA v. ROGERS 1937 OK 696 74 P.2d 116 181 Okla. 391 Case Number: 27878 Decided: 12/07/1937 Supreme Court of Oklahoma American Nat. Bank of Pawhuska v. Rogers Syllabus by the Court. ¶0APPEAL AND ERROR--DISMISSAL--Appeals Without Merit and Taken for Delay Only. Where a motion to dismiss is filed upon the ground that the appeal is without merit and for delay only, and the court calls for a response to such motion and none is filed, and no excuse offered for such failure, this court may, in its discretion, dismiss the appeal. Appeal from District Court, Osage County; Jesse J. Worten, Judge. Action by the American National Bank of Pawhuska, Okl., against Jasper Rogers and others to recover on a promissory note. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Appeal dismissed. Robert Stuart, of Pawhuska, for plaintiff in error. W. H. McKenzie and John L. Arrington, both of Pawhuska, for defendants in error. PER CURIAM. ¶1 The petition in error with case-made attached was filed April 29, 1937, and a motion to dismiss has been filed under date of July 19, 1937, for the reason and on the ground that the appeal is without merit and taken for delay only. On September 21, 1937, this court entered its order directing the plaintiff in error to respond to the motion to dismiss and no response has been filed and no excuse has been offered for such failure. We have held under such circumstances that this court may in its discretion dismiss the appeal. ¶2 The appeal is dismissed.