246 S.W. 1118 | Tex. App. | 1922
The appellee McClain files his motion in this court, praying that the *1119
judgment in the court below be affirmed, and that 10 per cent. damages be assessed for delay. We think this motion is prematurely filed. The case was tried in the county court of Collingsworth county on the 10th day of March, 1922. The amended motion for new trial was filed March 17, 1922, and overruled by order duly entered on the same day. Supersedeas bond on appeal was filed and approved April 4, and the court adjourned the 25th day of March, 1922. Article 1608, V. S. C. S., provides that the plaintiff shall file his transcript with the clerk of the Court of Civil Appeals within 90 days from the performance (perfection) of the appeal. By the provisions of article 2084, the appeal was perfected in this case by filing with the clerk of the trial court an appeal bond as provided by law. Reeves v. Fuqua (Tex. Civ. App.)
The motion to affirm with 10 per cent. damages for delay is evidently based upon articles 1610 to 1029. The former article provides that, in case the appellant shall fail to file a transcript of the record as directed in this chapter, then it shall be lawful for the appellee or defendant in error to file with the clerk of said court a certificate of the clerk of the trial court, stating when the appeal was perfected, and making it the duty of the Court of Civil Appeals to affirm the judgment of the court below unless good cause can be shown why the transcript was not filed by appellant. Clearly under this article we could not affirm the judgment below in this case until after July 3d, since the appellant has until that date to file his transcript here. Article 1029 provides that, where this court shall be of opinion that an appeal has been taken for delay, and there was no sufficient cause for taking the appeal, 10 per cent. damages upon the amount of the judgment, interest, and costs may be added thereto because of a frivolous appeal. Without a complete transcript which may contain assignments of error and bills of exception, and without a statement of facts, we cannot, of course, arrive at any conclusion as to the merits of the appeal.
Because the motion is prematurely filed, it is dismissed, and the costs taxed against the appellee.
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