Vandervoort v. Bd. of Comm'rs of Pawnee Cnty.

Decision Date11 February 1899
Citation57 P. 167,1899 OK 44,8 Okla. 227
PartiesC. E.VANDERVOORT v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF PAWNEE COUNTY
CourtOklahoma Supreme Court
SYLLABUS

¶0 PETITION IN ERROR--Time of Filing. Where more than one year has intervened between the rendition of the judgment and the final order sought to be reviewed and the filing of the petition in error in the supreme court, this court has no jurisdiction to review such judgment or final order unless the person entitled to such proceeding be under disability, as provided in section 574 of our Civil Code.

Error from the Probate Court of Pawnee County; before James P. Neal, Probate Judge.

Action by Charles E. Vandervoort against the board of county commissioners of Pawnee county. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. Dismissed.

John F. Stone, George S. Green and A. J. Biddison, for plaintiff in error.

C. A. Houston, W. L. Eagleton and B. W. Morphis for defendant in error.

HAINER, J.:

¶1 This case is brought here on appeal by the plaintiff in error from the probate court of Pawnee county on a case-made. The record shows that the judgment was rendered in the probate court on the 31st day of August, 1897; that on the same day a motion for a new trial was filed by the plaintiff in error (plaintiff in the court below) which motion was considered and overruled by the court, to which judgment and rulings of the court, the plaintiff duly excepted, and brings the case here to be reviewed by this court. It further appears from the record that the case-made was settled and signed on July 5, 1898, and that the petition in error was not filed in this court until September 21, 1898.

¶2 Section 574 of our Civil Code reads as follows: "No proceeding for reversing, vacating or modifying judgments or final orders shall be commenced unless within one year after the rendition of the judgment or making of the final order complained of or in case the person entitled to such proceeding be an infant, a person of unsound mind, or imprisoned within one year as aforesaid exclusive of the time of such disability." Where more than one year has intervened between the rendition of the judgment and the final order sought to be reviewed and the filing of the petition in the supreme court, this court has no jurisdiction to review such judgment or final order, unless the person entitled to such proceeding be under disability, as provided in section 574 of our Civil Code. As the record in this case shows that the judgment in...

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    • United States
    • Oklahoma Supreme Court
    • June 20, 1916
    ... ... 481; Blanchard v. United States, 6 Okla. 587, 52 P. 736; Vandervoort v. Board of Comr's, 8 Okla. 227, 57 P. 167; Hoffman v. Board of Com'rs, 8 ... ...
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    • Oklahoma Supreme Court
    • July 13, 1909
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    • January 13, 1909
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