62 P. 428 | Kan. Ct. App. | 1900
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This action was brought by the plain- ^ tiff in error upon a fire-insurance policy for $500 issued
On March 13, 1900, and after the briefs of counsel were filed in this court, but prior to the submission of the case for decision, the bank filed an application to be substituted as plaintiff in error, the application alleging that Lulu Daughters had assigned to the said
“A review in an appellate court is not a natural and inherent right but only exists by authority of law. The appellate jurisdiction of this court is subject to the regulation of the legislature, and unless a party brings himself within the requirements of the statute” (prescribing time and manner of removing a case to this court), “he is not entitled to a review.” (Toof v. Gragun, 58 Kan. 139, 35 Pac. 1103.)
Under the statute, a proceeding for reversing, vacating, or modifying a judgment must be commenced in an appellate court within one year after the rendition of the judgment complained of, except where the person entitled to such proceeding is under legal disability. It was proper for the district court to order the First National Bank to be made a party plaintiff. The bank consented to the making of such order and is bound thereby. The record shows that it was largely interested in the result of the suit. Since it was one of the joint parties plaintiff in the trial court, and therefore a joint party to the judgment for costs in favor of the defendant below, we think
“A proceeding in error is not in time unless it is brought in one year after the rendition of the judgment sought to be reversed. The judgment in question was rendered on March 25, 1893, and the brief was not filed nor the so-called appearance made until 1898, more than five years after the judgment was rendered. Parties to a proceeding in error cannot by voluntary appearance, or even by agreement, confer upon an appellate court power to hear and- determine a proceeding brought after the expiration of the time limited therefor.”
See, also, Smetters & Harris v. Rainey, 14 Ohio St. 287; Curten v. Atkinson, 29 Neb. 612, 46 N. W. 91.
The petition in error is dismissed.