Century Petroleum Corp. v. Sharp

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Century Petroleum Corp. v. Sharp

1936 OK 107, 55 P.2d 966, 176 Okla. 352, 1936 Okla. LEXIS 195

CourtSupreme Court of Oklahoma

DecidedFebruary 4, 1936

DocketNo. 25443.

StatusPublished

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Century Petroleum Corp. v. Sharp, 1936 OK 107, 55 P.2d 966, 176 Okla. 352, 1936 Okla. LEXIS 195 (Okla. 1936).

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Tulsa county entered on the I6th day of March, 1934, ordering the Century Petroleum Corporation to accept from the plaintiff James R. Sharp for transfer on its books a stock certificate No. 43. The appeal was filed in this court on the 27th day of March, 1934, and on the 22nd day of May, 1935, plaintiffs in error fi'ed their brief. The defendants in error have failed to file a brief or to offer an excuse for such failure. Under such circumstances, it is not the duty of the court to search the record for some theory upon which to sustain the judgment, but where the allegations of error are reasonably supported in the brief of plaintiffs in error, the court, may reverse the cause in accordance with their prayer.

The cause is reversed and remanded, with directions to vacate the judgment in favor of James R. Sharp and enter judgment for the defendants.

McNEILL, O. X, and RILEY, BUSBY, PHELPS, and GIBSON, JX, concur.

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PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Tulsa county entered on the I6th day of March, 1934, ordering the Century Petroleum Corporation to accept from the plaintiff James R. Sharp for transfer on its books a stock certificate No. 43. The appeal was filed in this court on the 27th day of March, 1934, and on the 22nd day of May, 1935, plaintiffs in error fi'ed their brief. The defendants in error have failed to file a brief or to offer an excuse for such failure. Under such circumstances, it is not the duty of the court to search the record for some theory upon which to sustain the judgment, but where the allegations of error are reasonably supported in the brief of plaintiffs in error, the court, may reverse the cause in accordance with their prayer.

The cause is reversed and remanded, with directions to vacate the judgment in favor of James R. Sharp and enter judgment for the defendants.

McNEILL, O. X, and RILEY, BUSBY, PHELPS, and GIBSON, JX, concur.

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1936 OK 107, 55 P.2d 966, 176 Okla. 352, 1936 Okla. LEXIS 195, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/century-petroleum-corp-v-sharp-okla-1936.