Jenkins v. Thompson

Nov 18, 1952
No. 35343
Reporters:
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Before:
Halley
PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff in error has appealed from a judgment entered against him in ‍‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‍the trial court, and on January 23, 1952, he filed his brief. The authorities therein cited reasonably sustain the allegations of error. The defendant ‍‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‍in error has filed no brief and has offered no excuse for such failure. Under such circumstances, as stated in Fore v. Fore, 203 Okla. ‍‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‍75, 218 P. 2d 366, it is not the duty of this court to search the record for some theory upon which to sustain the ‍‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‍action of the trial court, but the judgment may be reversed.

The cause is reversed and remanded, with directions to the trial court to grant ‍‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‍a new trial.

HALLEY, V.C.J., and GIBSON, DAV-ISON, JOHNSON, O’NEAL, and BING-AMAN, JJ., concur.