Hemphill v. . Blackwelder

90 N.C. 14

• Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
• Decided: February 5, 1884
• Status: Published

Opinion

Merrimon, J.

The undertaking upon appeal in this case, we find attached to the transcript of the record, but it is not justified. No “written consent on the part of the respondent,” the appellee, waiving the undertaking properly justified appears on file or in the record.

For this cause, the appellee moves to dismiss the appeal, and it is manifest that he is entitled to have his motion allowed. McMillan v. Nye, decided at this term, ante, 11.

It is not improper to say here, that it is a matter of astonishment to the court, that intelligent gentlemen engaged in the practice of the law persist in sending appeals to this court without perfecting them as required by the plain, peremptory requirements of the statute. If the court were disposed to grant relief against such negligence, it has no authority to do so. Motion allowed.

Appeal dismissed.