39 Colo. 81 | Colo. | 1907
delivered the opinion of the court:
The appellee moves to dismiss the appeal for the . reason that an appeal was not prayed within the time required by law. The cause was heard and determined by the county court on March 27, 1906. On ' this day judgment was rendered on the verdict and the defendant given until April 25th following* in which to file a motion for a new trial. On May 19th, a motion for new trial was denied, at which time defendant prayed an appeal to this court. The appeal was allowed, and defendant given thirty days in which to file an appeal bond and ninety days in
It was ordered that the appeal of defendants be entered for and as of the 27th day of March, 1906.
No appeal was in fact prayed until the 19th day of May, and appellant relies wholly upon the order made June 22nd to sustain the appeal. Authorities are cited holding that the orders and decrees- of courts are under the court’s, control during the term at which they are rendered, and that they may be set aside or modified as law and justice may require, but such authorities cannot control the questions here presented. Courts have the undoubted power to modify their judgments and orders during the term at which the judgments or orders were rendered, but no court has the power, by the entry of a nunc pro tunc order, to relieve a party of the requirements of a statute. If the defendant had in fact prayed an appeal, but, owing to some neglect or oversight on the part of the court-or the clerk, the record failed
Counsel has requested that in the event of the dismissal of the appeal that a supersedeas .be granted. No reason is assigned in the brief for the granting of the supersedeas, and we shall deny the motion for supersedeas, with leave to renew the application.
Mr. Justice Caswell and Mr. Justice Maxwell concur.