Title: NICHOLSON v. BARNES
Citation: 140 P. 115 5, 1914 OK 233, 42 Okla. 250
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: May 12, 1914

NICHOLSON v. BARNES Annotate this Case NICHOLSON v. BARNES 1914 OK 233 140 P. 1155 42 Okla. 250 Case Number: 3701 Decided: 05/12/1914 Supreme Court of Oklahoma NICHOLSON v. BARNES. Syllabus ¶0 APPEAL AND ERROR--Failure to File Brief--Dismissal. Where plaintiff in error has filed no brief, as required by rule 7 of this court (38 Okla. vi, 137 P. ix), the appeal will be dismissed for want of prosecution. Error from District Court, Cherokee County; John H. Pitchford, Judge. Action by Mary C. Barnes against Sam P. Nicholson. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Dismissed. A. A. Davidson and J. I. Courser, for plaintiff in error. J. Berry King, for defendant in error RITTENHOUSE, C. ¶1 The petition in error and transcript of the record in this case was filed in this court March 18, 1912; neither party has filed a brief, nor have they offered any excuse for the failure to do so. It is evident that the proceedings have been abandoned. The petition in error should therefore be dismissed for want of prosecution under rule 7 of this court (38 Okla. vi, 137 P. ix). Eads v. Ottawa County et al., 41 Okla. 423 , 138 P. 796; Terry v. Coker, 41 Okla. 427 , 138 P. 814. By the Court: It is so ordered.