WATKINS v. STATE ex rel. MOTHERSEAD

WATKINS v. STATE ex rel. MOTHERSEAD
1928 OK 609
270 P. 1103
133 Okla. 61
Case Number: 18264
Decided: 10/09/1928
Supreme Court of Oklahoma

WATKINS et al.
v.
STATE ex rel. MOTHERSEAD, Bank Com'r.

Syllabus

¶0 Appeal and Error--Failure of Defendant in Error, Plaintiff Below, to File Brief--Reversal With Direction to Dismiss.
Where defendant in error, plaintiff below, defaults in failure to file brief on appealed cause, in order to end litigation the cause may be reversed, with directions to dismiss the petition below.

W. Y. Dilley, for plaintiffs in error.
W. C. Lewis, for defendant in error.

RILEY, J.

¶1 The plaintiffs in error have filed their brief, but defendant in error is in default. The defendant in error's time to brief was extended 30 days from and after April 3, 1928, which time has long since expired.

¶2 The cause is reversed, with directions to dismiss plaintiffs', defendant in error's, petition.