Pio v. Aigeltinger

Paterson, J. The defendant appealed from the judgment of the superior court on November 19, 1891. On June 17/1892, he procured an order granting him fifteen days from the last-named date within which to serve and file his transcript. On July 8, 1892, the respondent served a notice of motion to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that no transcript had been filed, and that the time for filing the same had elapsed. The transcript was filed on July 13, 1892. At the hearing [82]of the motion, counsel for the appellant objected to the -sufficiency of the certificate of the clerk presented by '.the respondent. No ruling was made on the objection, but counsel for respondent stated that he would file ^another certificate. The appellant objected to the filing •of any additional certificate, claiming that the motion -must be determined upon the certificate on file. On -the following day, this court, regarding the certificate filed as sufficient, and the appellant without excuse for the delay, granted the motion to dismiss. Thereafter ¡the appellant filed and served a notice of motion to set aside the order dismissing the appeal, on the grounds 'that the first certificate was insufficient, that before the •order dismissing the appeal was made counsel for respondent waived his right to have the motion determined on the clerk's certificate then on file, and had no ■right to file the additional certificate after the hearing -of the motion to dismiss.

Our rules provide that the transcript shall be filed -and served within forty days after the appeal is perfected, and if not filed within that time, the appeal may be dismissed, on motion, upon notice given; that on .motion to dismiss the appeal for failure to file the tran-:script within the prescribed time, there shall be presented the certificate of the clerk below stating certain enumerated things. The only fault found with the certificate first presented is, that it did not state what .judgment or order of the superior court the appellant had appealed from, nor to what court he had appealed. The certificate gives the date of the entry of ..judgment, the amount and character of the judgment, and immediately thereafter states “ that after the rendition of said judgment, the said defendant filed a notice of appeal in said action, etc.” This is sufficient. There was but one appeal taken, and the appellant could not have been misled.

It would be entirely superfluous to state in a certificate that the appeal was taken to this court; there could be mo appeal to any other court from a judgment or order