Title: Ensley v. Fitzwater
Citation: 293 Or. 158, 645 P.2d 1062
Docket Number: N/A
State: Oregon
Issuer: Oregon Supreme Court
Date: June 2, 1982

645 P.2d 1062 (1982)
293 Or. 158
Clifford O. ENSLEY, Petitioner On Review,
v.
W. Dean FITZWATER, Respondent On Review.
CA No. 19525; SC No. 28541.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.
Argued and Submitted May 4, 1982.
Decided June 2, 1982.
*1063 Gilah Tenenbaum, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review.
Nancy S. Tauman, Oregon City, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review.
CAMPBELL, Justice.
The issue in this case is: Does an appellate court have jurisdiction over an appeal where the notice of appeal describes a nonappealable order but also refers to a judgment and a copy of the judgment is attached?
The trial court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment by an order dated October 27, 1980. The court denied plaintiff's motion for rehearing by an order dated November 3, 1980. The court entered judgment for defendant on November 3, 1980. Plaintiff filed a notice of appeal[1] providing as follows:
Plaintiff designated the record of the trial court proceedings in their entirety in his notice of appeal, and then provided:
Plaintiff attached a copy of the judgment to the notice of appeal. The Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal as being from a nonappealable order. 55 Or. App. 737, 639 P.2d 716 (1982). Orders granting summary judgment are not appealable. See Miller v. Grants Pass Irrigation District, 290 Or. 487, 622 P.2d 729 (1981).
An appeal is taken to the Court of Appeals or to the Supreme Court by the filing of an notice of appeal, signed by the appellant, served on all parties and filed with the court together with proof of service. ORS 19.023. The notice must contain the following:
The jurisdictional effect of filing the notice of of appeal is described in ORS 19.033:
In Stahl v. Krasowski, 281 Or. 33, 573 P.2d 309 (1978), this court held that a description of the judgment appealed from is essential to appellate jurisdiction. We did not include a specification as to location of the description in the notice of appeal as a jurisdictional requisite.
Although, as in Stahl, plaintiff's description is of a nonappealable order granting summary judgment and denying plaintiff's motions, see Miller v. Grants Pass Irrigation District, supra, plaintiff here attached a copy of the judgment to his notice and expressly referred to attachment of the "judgment order[2] appealed from." These additional steps were missing in Stahl. In this case the adverse party and an appellate court could easily determine from the face of the notice, documented by the judgment attached, that the judgment entry necessary to its jurisdiction was present and that the appeal was taken from that judgment. We therefore order reinstatement of plaintiff's appeal.
Reversed and remanded to the Court of Appeals.
[1]  We recognize that plaintiff's counsel on appeal may not be the same attorney who represented plaintiff at trial.
[2]  The term "judgment order" has no meaning and should not be used. "Judgment" and "order" are two separate terms and have different meanings.