Court Opinion

ID: 6896977
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-23 21:50:52.498166+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:06:02.111251
License: Public Domain

On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
Per Curiam.
The notice of appeal was filed August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and the proof of service indorsed thereon is as follows: “Due service and receipt of a copy hereof admitted after filing this twenty-eighth day of August, eighteen hundred and -ninety-four. J. W. Bennett, attorney for plaintiff.” It is contended (1) that the indorsement does not show the place of service; and (2) that T. S. Minott and Lizzie H. Minott are adverse and therefore necessary parties to the appeal.
1. The service of a notice of appeal may be made either upon the party or upon his attorney of record residing in the county where the trial was had; but when the attorney resides outside of such county the service can be made only upon the adverse party: Lindley v. Wallis, 2 Or. 203; Rees v. Rees, 7 Or. 78; Lewis and Dryden Printing Company v. Reeves, 26 Or. 445 (38 Pac. 622). The proof of service of a notice of appeal may be made by the sheriff of the county, (Hill’s Code, §§ 54, 527,) or by the written admission of the adverse party, but in case of service by the latter method, the admission must state the time and place of service, (Code, §61,) which must be indorsed on the notice •when filed, or the appeal is not perfected: Briney v. Starr, 6 Or. 207. The admission of the service of a summons must show the time and place of service, otherwise no advantage could be taken of the defendant’s default in failing to answer. But the place of service of a notice of appeal is, in general, not required to be specifically set forth, although it is otherwise as to time: Elliott on Appellate Procedure, § 179. The transcript shows that J. W. Bennett was the attorney *344for the plaintiff in the trial of the suit in Coos County, and nothing appearing to the contrary, it will be presumed that he was a resident of the county in which he appeared as counsel, (Roy v. Horsley, 6 Or. 270,) and that he acknowledged service of the notice of appeal where the papers show the venue to be laid: Elliott on Appellate Procedure, § 179. The place of service not having been stated, it will, therefore, be presumed to have been in Coos County.
2. The defendants, T. S. Minott • and Lizzie H. Minott, though proper were not necessary parties to the suit. Neither of them has any interest either legal or equitable in the property, and neither could be prejudiced by the decree which the plaintiff seeks to obtain: Blanc v. Paymaster Mining Company, 95 Cal. 524 (29 Am. St. Rep. 149, 30 Pac. 765); Fox v. Moyer, 54 N. Y. 130; Potter v. Phillips, 44 Iowa, 353; Coffey v. Nor-wood, 81 Ala. 512 (8 So. 199); United States v. Church of Latter-Day Saints, 5 Utah, 538 (18 Pac. 35); Bailey v. Inglee, 2 Paige, 278; Pfister v. Dascey, 65 Cal. 403 (4 Pac. 393). In a suit to set aside a deed alleged to have been fraudulently executed the plaintiff may, though not necessary, elect to make the grantors thereof parties, and having done so a demurrer will not lie for misjoinder: Pfister v. Dascey, 65 Cal. 403 (4 Pac. 393). The defendants T. S. Minott and Lizzie H. Minott not being necessary parties their interests cannot be adverse to or in conflict with those of the appellant: The Victorian, 24 Or. 121 (41 Am. St. Rep. 838, 32.Pac. 1040). As between them and the Coos Bay Hardware Company, the transfer of the stock of goods was complete, and none but their creditors could question the transaction. It follows that the motion to dismiss the appeal must be denied, and it is so ordered.
Overruled.
*345[44 Pac. 283.]