Court Opinion

ID: 9829158
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 19:02:08.025357+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:42:57.820257
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
In this motion it is made to appear that appellant had no notice of the filing of ap-pellee’s motion to dismiss the appeal until after that motion was sustained; and it is stated that if such notice had been had, steps would hare been taken to cure the defects in the transcript, pointed out in the motion.
While it is true that, by rule 100 (142 S. W. xxiv), prescribed by the Supreme Court for the government of our district and county courts, an appellant is made responsible for the condition of a transcript which he accepts from the clerk of the trial court and files in the appellate court, nevertheless rules Nos. 8, 9, 10, and 11 (142 S. W. xi), prescribe the procedure in Courts of Civil Appeals as follows:
“8. All motions relating to informalities in the manner of bringing a ease into court shall be filed and entered by the clerk on the motion docket within thirty days after the filing of the transcript in the Court of Civil Appeals, otherwise the objection shall be considered as waived, if it can be waived by the party.
“9. Motions to dismiss for want of jurisdiction to try the case and for such defects as defeat the jurisdiction in the particular case and cannot be waived shall also be made, filed and docketed at said time; provided, however, if made afterwards they may be entertained by the court upon such terms as the court may deem just and proper.
“10. Motions, made either to sustain or defeat the jurisdiction of the court, dependent on facts not apparent in the record and not ex officio known to the.court, must be supported by affidavits or other satisfactory evidence.
“11. Motions for certiorari to perfect the record shall also be made in the time required in rule 8. They must be accompanied with a sworn statement, showing a necessity for the same, unless the record shows such necessity. If made afterwards they will be entertained only upon such terms as' the court may deem just and proper. Unless reason appear to vary the rule, the party applying in all cases will be taxed with the costs.”
Appellee’s motion- to dismiss the appeal was filed too late, except that portion of it relating to the jurisdiction of this court; and the motion was sustained because the transcript did not affirmatively show that this, court had jurisdiction. The transcript, which is tendered with the motion for rehearing, supplies the omission, and shows that the appeal bond was filed in time; and therefore this court has jurisdiction.
The first part of rule 11, if considered by itself, seems to require a motion to cure defects in the record to be filed within 30 days after the transcript is filed, as stated in rule 8. The subsequent portions of rule 11 indicate that it was intended that appellate courts should have the discretion to permit-such motions to be made after the time specified in rule 8; and therefore we have concluded that appellant is not cut off by rule 11 from any right whatever to have the transcript perfected.
The case is not yet set down for submission, and no harm will result to appellee if the motion to dismiss be refused. Therefore we have concluded that, inasmuch as neither appellant nor his counsel were notified that. the motion to dismiss had been filed, it is just and proper to sustain the motion for rehearing, and overrule the motion to dismiss, which is accordingly done. All of the costs relating to the motion to dismiss and to this motion will be taxed against appellant.
Motion for rehearing granted; motion to dismiss overruled.