56 Neb. 245 | Neb. | 1898
In an action grounded on negligence, brought by Jefferson H. Foxworthy against the city of Hastings, the defendant had judgment in its favor in the district court of Kearney county on May 20, 1897. In the following October, Foxworthy died intestate and Joseph E. Webster, the plaintiff in error, was appointed and has qualified as administrator of his estate. These facts are shown by the petition in error filed by Webster in this court on February 17, 1898. The defendant moves to quash the summons in error on the ground that the administrator cannot prosecute error in this court without having first obtained an order of the district court reviving the action in his name. It will be conceded that the adminis
The courts in other jurisdictions have generally regarded the writ of error as a new action. An Illinois statute requiring the dismissal of every suit at law or in equity whenever commenced by a non-resident without filing security for costs was held applicable to writs of error. Craig, J., delivering the opinion of the court in International Bank v. Jenkins, 104 Ill. 143, said: “This question, that the writ of error was the commencement of a new action at law or in equity within the intent and meaning of the statute, we think is fully settled by the former decisions of this court, and we are fully satisfied that these decisions are in harmony with the current of authority on the question.” The supreme court of Ohio reached the same conclusion in the case of Taylor v. Boyd, 3 O. 338, remarking in the course of the opinion that, “In the obvious nature and character of the proceeding, a writ of error is a new and original suit.” The precise question presented for decision in this ease was before the supreme court of West Virginia in Phares v. Saunders, 18 W. Va. 336, where it is said; “It is true, that it is
Motion is denied.