55 Neb. 650 | Neb. | 1898
Francisco- recovered a judgment against tbe plaintiffs in error in tbe county court of Douglas county. Tbe judgment was rendered June 14,1895. An appeal undertaking was filed in due time, but-tbe transcript was not filed in tbe district court until July 18, four days after tbe statutory time bad elapsed. On the application of Francisco tbe appeal was dismissed, and this proceeding ..s brought before us for review.
The evidence on which the district court acted tends to
In several cases it has been held that if the appellant do all of him required and is not negligent, he cannot be deprived of his appeal by the failure of the justice or county .judge to perform his duty. These cases are all where the officer has failed to perform some duty required of him in his official capacity, as to prepare the transcript, to make up his record, etc. On the other hand, it has been held that where the officer undertook to go beyond his duty and to perform some service not required of him by laAv, he Avas then acting as the agent of the appellant, and his failure to perform such extra-official acts would not excuse the appellant. (Gifford v. Republican V. & K. R. Co., 20 Neb. 538; Union P. R. Co. v. Marston, 22 Neb. 721.) These were cases where the officer undertook to file the transcript in the district court, but they are like the case before us in principle. Unless it Avas the official duty of the county judge to send the transcript to appellant’s attorney, his failure to do so would not excuse the default. Appeals in civil cases from the county court to the district court are governed by the same rules as ap
AFFIRMED.