203 P. 257 | Wyo. | 1922
This case is here on direct appeal. The action was brought by Berry to recover from Sample the sum of $1200, which had been paid by the former to the latter in advance as rent for the last year of the ten-year period covered by a written lease of certain rooms on the second floor of a building in Casper; the alleged ground for the recovery being the violation by Sample, the lessor, of his agreement contained in the lease to furnish at his own expense all
The grounds upon which it is sought to reverse the judgment are that the petition does not state sufficient facts to constitute a cause of action or sustain the judgment, and that the judgment is not sustained by the evidence and is contrary to law. ¥e are satisfied that the petition states a cause of action and is sufficient to sustain the judgment, and that the evidence is sufficient to sustain the court’s finding that the defendant and appellant had violated his covenant to furnish heat for the leased premises to such an extent that they had become unfit for occupancy, justifying the plaintiff in vacating the premises, and sufficient in law to sustain the judgment. We refrain, however, from discussing the questions presented in support of these grounds upon the merits for the reason that, after having gone into a consideration thereof, a defect was discovered in the record leaving this court without jurisdiction to do otherwise than dismiss the appeal, as determined by our prior decisions to the effect that the preparation and filing of the record in the district court within the time required by statute is jurisdictional. (Goodrich v. Bank, 26 Wyo. 42, 490, 492, 174 Pac. 191, 177 Pac. 134, 188 Pac. 36; Coffee v. Harris, 197 Pac. 649, 199 Pac. 931; Kendrick v. Healey, 26 Wyo. 261, 183 Pac. 37.)
Appeal Dismissed.