Title: ATKINSON v. BURKETT
Citation: 1952 OK 457, 207Okla586, 251 P.2d 810
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: December 23, 1952

ATKINSON v. BURKETT Annotate this Case ATKINSON v. BURKETT 1952 OK 457 251 P.2d 810 207 Okla 586 Case Number: 35584 Decided: 12/23/1952 Supreme Court of Oklahoma Syllabus ¶0 APPEAL AND ERROR - Necessity for filing case-made in office of clerk of trial court - Dismissal. A case-made filed in this court which does not show that it has been filed in the office of the clerk of the trial court in accordance with the provisions of 12 O.S. 1951 § 958, is a nullity, and where such case-made remains in this court after the expiration of the statutory time in which to perfect an appeal, on motion the appeal will be dismissed. Appeal from District Court, Lincoln County; C.C. Curry, Judge. Action by Ruth K. Atkinson against J.H. Burkett and Gordon Burkett for damages, and from a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals. Dismissed. Clarence P. Green, Midwest City, and William A. Vassar, Chandler, for plaintiff in error. P.D. Erwin, Chandler, for defendants in error. BINGAMAN, J. ¶1 The defendants in error move to dismiss the appeal for the reason that the case-made attached to and made a part of the petition in error does not show that it was filed in the office of the clerk of the trial court as required by 12 O.S. 1951 § 958. The case-made does not show that it has been filed in the office of the clerk of the trial court and the statutory time in which to perfect an appeal has expired. Following an unbroken line of decisions by this court, the motion must be sustained. Banks v. Watson, 40 Okla. 450 , 139 P. 306; Dailey v. Citizens National Bank of Pawhuska, 89 Okla. 94 , 214 P. 116; In re Sexton's Estate, 90 Okla. 37 , 215 P. 773; Miller v. Berryman, 169 Okla. 524 , 37 P.2d 975 ; Harner v. Beese, 175 Okla. 641 , 54 P.2d 321. ¶2 Appeal dismissed. ¶3 HALLEY, V.C.J., and WELCH, CORN, GIBSON, DAVISON, JOHNSON, and O'NEAL, JJ., concur.