278 P. 391 | Okla. | 1929
This is an appeal from an order of the district court of Garfield county made on the 7th day of January, 1928, denying plaintiffs in error's motion to vacate a judgment formerly rendered in this cause and from an order confirming sheriff's sale.
The motion to vacate the judgment is based upon the grounds that the trial court had no jurisdiction to render the judgment sought to be vacated, for the reason no summons *152 was served upon the defendant, the Barfield Petroleum Company, one of the plaintiffs in error in this court, and that the sheriff's return on the summons had been altered and changed to show the service of summons upon an officer of the company, when in fact it was not served.
At a hearing on the motion to vacate the judgment, documentary evidence and oral testimony was introduced. At the conclusion of such hearing, the trial court made the order appealed from. On the same day the motion to vacate the judgment was denied, the court made an order confirming the sheriff's sale of property resulting from the judgment sought to be vacated.
The plaintiffs in error filed their motion for new trial, and which motion was overruled on the 4th day of April, 1928, and the appeal filed in this court October 3, 1928.
In the case of Myers v. Chamness,
"The judgment sought to be vacated was rendered without service of summons upon the defendant, but upon an unauthorized appearance by attorneys; therefore, the court did not, in fact, acquire jurisdiction of the person of the defendant. This infirmity did not appear upon the face of the judgment, hence it was not void, in the legal sense, but was voidable, and should have been vacated on the motion of the defendant, calling the court's attention to such unauthorized appearance, and evidence dehors the record was admissible to show such unauthorized appearance, and want of jurisdiction. Edwards v. Smith,
Section 811, C. O. S. 1921, provides that "The proceedings to correct mistakes or omissions of the clerk or irregularity in obtaining judgment or order shall be by motion." The proceeding of the trial court to vacate the judgment upon the grounds that the judgment was rendered without service of summons on the Barfield Petroleum Company was under the third subdivision of section 810, C. O. S. 1921, and upon motion. This court has held in a number of cases that the filing and determination of a motion for new trial on a contested question of fact, not arising on the pleadings, but upon a motion, is unnecessary to authorize this court to review the order made upon such hearing. Powell v. Nichols et al.,
Proceedings on appeal to this court must be commenced within six months from the rendition of the final judgment or order complained of and sought to be reviewed, and when not filed within the time allowed by law, the appeal will be dismissed. Butler v. Archard, supra; Verschoyle v. McDaniels,
What we have said concerning the necessity of the motion for new trial on the motion to vacate the judgment applied to the objection to the confirmation of the sheriff's sale.
The orders of the court overruling plaintiffs in error's motion to vacate the judgment and the order confirming the sale were made on the 7th day of January, 1928, the appeal was not filed in this court until the 3rd day of October, 1928, and therefore not within the six months allowed by law in which to file an appeal, and upon motion of the defendants in error the appeal is dismissed. *153