BOARD OF COM'RS OF LE FLORE COUNTY v. LUCAS

BOARD OF COM'RS OF LE FLORE COUNTY v. LUCAS
1930 OK 489
293 P. 187
146 Okla. 8
Case Number: 21420
Decided: 11/11/1930
Supreme Court of Oklahoma

BOARD OF COM'RS OF LE FLORE COUNTY et al.
v.
LUCAS et al.

Syllabus

¶0 1. Appeal and Error--Notice of Time and Place of Settling and Signing Case-Made.
Where plaintiff in error has prepared and served a case-made and has given the prescribed notice of the time and place that the same will be presented to the trial judge for settlement and signing, and the same is not presented at the time and place designated, said notice becomes functus officio, and before such case-made can be legally settled and signed another notice of the time and place of settling and signing must be served upon the opposing party.
2. Same--Nullity of Case-Made Signed and Settled Without Notice.
The case-made settled and signed without notice to the opposing party of the time and place of settling and signing the same and without appearance of such party or parties and without their waiver of such notice is a nullity and brings nothing before this court for review.
3. Same--Certificate of Trial Judge Negatived by Record.
The certificate of the trial judge to a case-made is only prima facie evidence of the facts recited therein, and where the record on its face shows a recital in such certificate to be erroneous, the facts shown by the record will control.

Error from District Court, Le Flore County; D. C. McCurtain, Judge.

Action by W. G. Lucas and others against the Board of Commissioners of Le Flore County and another. From the judgment of the trial court in favor of plaintiffs, defendants appeal. Dismissed.

James Babb and C. T. Bennett, for plaintiffs in error.
Lunsford & Windham, for defendants in error.

PER CURIAM.

¶1 This cause is before the court on motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground the case-made was settled and signed in the absence of, and without notice to the defendants in error and without a waiver of such notice, and by reason thereof the case-made is a nullity and presents nothing to this court for review.

¶2 This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court of Le Flore county rendered in an action wherein plaintiffs in error were defendants. The case-made attached to the petition in error was served February 11, 1930. On May 15, 1930, notice was served on the defendants in error that the case-made, with the amendments suggested, would be presented to the trial judge on the 21st day of May, 1930, for settlement. The case-made was settled and signed on the 2nd day of June, 1930, in the absence of, and without notice to the defendants in error. Amendments were suggested by the defendants in error, but there is no showing in the record that the suggested amendments were allowed or denied by the trial court.

¶3 Where plaintiff in error has prepared and served case-made and has given the prescribed notice of the time and place that the same will be presented to the trial judge for settlement and the same is not presented for settlement and signing at such time and place, said notice becomes functus officio, and before the case-made can be legally settled and signed another notice of the time and place of settling must be served upon the opposing party unless such notice is waived. Russell v Hyer, 136 Okla. 75, 275 P. 653. A case-made settled and signed without notice to the opposing party of the time and place of settling and signing the same and without the appearance of such party or parties and without their waiver of such notice is a nullity and brings nothing before this court for review. Russell v. Hyer, supra. The certificate of the trial judge to the case-made contains the statement that "all parties expressly waiving the right to suggest amendments and consent that said case-made be settled as a true case-made;" but an examination of the record discloses the stipulation as to the correctness of the case-made and waiver of right to suggest amendments and consent to settlement without notice is unsigned by the defendants in error.

¶4 The certificate of the trial judge to a case-made is only prima facie evidence of the facts recited therein, and where the record on its face shows such certificate to be erroneous, the facts shown by the record will control. Liberty Life Ins. Co. v. Green, 133 Okla. 58, 270 P. 1111; First Nat Bank v. O'Bannon, 128 Okla. 16, 260 P. 1062; Morris v. West Pub. Co., 118 Okla. 237, 247 P. 52; Town v. Crawford, 106 Okla. 254, 234 P. 208.