121 Neb. 854 | Neb. | 1931
This action was begun May 17, 1928, in the district court for Douglas county, by the American Mortgage & Finance Company, plaintiff, against Daniel Horrigan and other defendants, to foreclose a certain mechanic’s lien upon property located in Omaha. A motion was filed June 18, 1928, by the defendant Horrigan, to require the plaintiff to make more certain and definite the terms of the petition. Thereafter, upon leave of court, an amended petition was filed September 10, 1928, by the plaintiff. October 11, 1929, defendant Horrigan filed a motion to strike the amended petition from the files for the reason that the petition was not verified. In the absence of plaintiff’s attorney and with no notice either oral or written, the court sustained the motion and, on December 2, 1930, entered an order dismissing the action at plaintiff’s costs. From the order so entered the plaintiff has appealed.
We think the court erred in dismissing the suit, from the fact that the action apparently had not been entered on the dismissal docket and no notice of a hearing on the motion to dismiss was served on the plaintiff as provided by the rules of court. Nor had the plaintiff or his attorney
The judgment entered by the court is reversed, with directions that the plaintiff’s petition be reinstated without prejudice.
Reversed.