70 P. 589 | Kan. | 1902
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This was a proceeding to revive a judgment rendered April 3, 1894. On February 12, 1900, the Kansas & Texas Coal Company filed a motion in the district court for the revival of the judgment. On the following day a notice of the filing of the motion and the time when it would be heard was delivered to the sheriff of the county, and it was served on the defendant, Carey, on the 15th day of February, 1900. The notice stated that the motion would be heard on March 3, 1900, and was otherwise sufficient in matter and form. On the day named the court heard the application, and, while the defendant did not appear, his attorney of record was present in court and heard the motion and the evidence which was introduced. The court entered an order of revivor, but on the 14th day of March, 1900, the de
In the matter of revivor, section 428 of the code (Gen. Stat. 1901, §4878) provides:
“If the order is made by the consent of the parties, the action shall forthwith stand revived; and if not made by consent, notice of the application for such order shall be served in the same manner and returned within the same time as a summons, upon the party adverse to the one making the motion ; and if sufficient cause be not shown against the revivor, the order shall be made.”
Section 534 of the code (Gen. Stat. 1901, § 5011)-provides that the notice of a motion shall be filed in writing and, also, what it shall contain. . Section 535 provides that notices of motions may be served by officers or private persons, and on whom such notices shall be served. Section 536 provides : “The service of a notice shall be made as is required by law for the service of a summons ; and when served by an officer, he shall be entitled to like fees.” The code, as will be observed, does not limit or fix the time which shall intervene between the giving of notice and the 'hearing of the motion. It does provide that the notice
It is incumbent on the moving party fixing the time of hearing to name a date in his notice that will give the party notified a reasonable time after service in which to prepare for the hearing. A proceeding in revivor, however, is of such nature that a long time is not inquired for preparation. Here sixteen days’ notice was given of the hearing at which the first order was made. In our view, that afforded not only a reasonable, but abundant, time in which to make preparation. Nothing is found in the testimony tending to show that it was insufficient. The district court, therefore, erred in setting aside the order of revivor, and its judgment to that extent will be reversed.