This action was instituted in a justice of the peace court of Stephens county, and from the judgment there rendered appeal was taken to the county court. Trial was had August 14, 1914, resulting in a judgment in favor of plaintiff and against defendants, C. L. Grimes and Frank Goodman. A motion of defendant C. L. Grimes to set aside the judgment, and for a new trial, was filed August 15th and overruled August 20th, from which action of the court said defendant appeals.
Defendant in error, Henrietta West, has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal upon the ground that Frank Goodman, who was a party defendant, has not been served with case-made in this action. An examination of the record discloses that there has been no service of the case-made upon Frank Goodman or his attorney, and the objection to the consideration of the appeal must be sustained, for it is a well-established rule of this court that where a joint judgment has been rendered against two defendants, they must be joined in a proceeding in error in this court, either as plaintiffs or defendants in error, before such judgment can be reviewed; and, where the review is sought by means of a petition in error and case-made, service of the case-made within the time prescribed by statute must be had upon each of them or their attorneys. A failure so to serve the case-made upon a party to a joint judgment who will necessarily be affected by a reversal *Page 438
thereof defeats the jurisdiction of the appellate court and prevents a review of the judgment. Humphrey et al. v. Hunt,
For the failure to serve case-made upon defendant in error Frank Goodman the appeal is dismissed.
All the Justices concur.