Title: WOODRUFF v. GUNKEL
Citation: 1950 OK 38, 202 Okla. 408, 214 P.2d 709
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: February 7, 1950

WOODRUFF v. GUNKEL Annotate this Case WOODRUFF v. GUNKEL 1950 OK 38 214 P.2d 709 202 Okla. 408 Case Number: 34439 Decided: 02/07/1950 Supreme Court of Oklahoma Syllabus ¶0 APPEAL AND ERROR - Dismissal of frivolous appeal. 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. Harland A. Carter, Okmulgee, for plaintiffs in error. L. L. Cowley, Okmulgee, for defendants in error. PER CURIAM. ¶1 The plaintiffs in error have appealed from a judgment of the trial court in favor of plaintiffs below, defendants in error here, in forcible entry and detainer. The defendants in error have filed a motion to dismiss the appeal as frivolous. The plaintiffs in error have filed no response to the motion to dismiss, although requested to do so by the Court, and have offered no excuse for such failure. In Gartrell v. Federal Land Bank of Wichita, Wichita, Kan., 180 Okl. 523, 71 P.2d 489, we said: '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.' ¶2 Appeal dismissed.