Title: NEWKIRK v. PARKER
Citation: 1949 OK 158, 201 Okla. 583, 208 P.2d 171
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: July 5, 1949

NEWKIRK v. PARKER Annotate this Case NEWKIRK v. PARKER 1949 OK 158 208 P.2d 171 201 Okla. 583 Case Number: 33716 Decided: 07/05/1949 Supreme Court of Oklahoma Syllabus ¶0 APPEAL AND ERROR - Reversal on failure of defendant in error to file brief. Where plaintiff in error has served and filed brief, but the defendant in error has neither filed a brief nor offered any excuse for his failure to do so, the court is not required to search the record to find some theory upon which the judgment of the trial court may be sustained, but may, where the authorities cited in the brief filed appear reasonably to sustain the assignments of error, reverse the cause with directions. Appeal from Court of Common Pleas, Oklahoma County; Glen O. Morris, Judge., Action by R.D. Parker against Mrs. Axie Newkirk in forcible entry and detainer. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded, with directions. O.B. Martin, of Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error. Otis D. James, of Oklahoma City, for defendant in error. CORN, J. ¶1 Plaintiff in error appealed from a judgment entered against her in the trial court, and on November 5, 1948, filed her brief. The authorities therein cited reasonably sustain the allegations of error. The defendant in error has filed no brief and has offered no excuse for such failure. Under such circumstances, as stated in Osborne v. Osborne, 163 Okla. 273 , 21 P.2d 1056, it is not the duty of this court to search the record for some theory upon which to sustain the action of the trial court, but the cause will be reversed and remanded, with directions. ¶2 The cause is reversed and remanded, with directions to vacate the judgment entered for defendant in error and grant a new trial.