In Re McCann's Estate

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

In Re McCann's Estate

1915 OK 646, 151 P. 887, 51 Okla. 187, 1915 Okla. LEXIS 948

CourtSupreme Court of Oklahoma

DecidedSeptember 14, 1915

Docket5393

StatusPublished

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In Re McCann's Estate, 1915 OK 646, 151 P. 887, 51 Okla. 187, 1915 Okla. LEXIS 948 (Okla. 1915).

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GALBRAITH, C.

The Jefferson Trust Company, a judgment creditor of the estate of Austin McCann, deceased, presented a petition to the county court of Haskell county, where the estate of Austin McCann was being administered, to sell certain real estate belonging to said estate for the purpose of paying its said claim and other debts. Upon a hearing this petition was denied and the order of sale refused. An appeal was duly perfected to the district court. Upon a trial there the judgment of the county court was affirmed. To review that judgment the cause -has been brought to this court by petition in error and case-made.

A motion is here made to dismiss the appeal for want of necessary parties. It appears that one J. 0. Ken-worthy was the administrator of the estate of Austin McCann, deceased, and that the judgment of the Jefferson Trust Company was- rendered against him as such administrator, and that he was a necessary party to the proceeding in the court below. Kenworthy was not made a party to this appeal. No summons in error was issued and served upon him, nor was there a waiver or an appearance entered by him or in his behalf in this court. The case-made was not served upon him. The judgment appealed from was entered upon the 24th day of March, 1918. The time for correcting the defect of parties to the appeal has long since passed. The failure to make the administrator a party to this appeal is fatal to the jurisdiction of this court. In his. absence the merits of the cause cannot be passed upon. Jones v. Midland Savings & Loan Co. et al., 43 Okla. 601, 148 Pac. 667; Grayson v. Chisso et al., 47 Okla. 713, 150 Pac. 697.

*189 The appeal should therefore be dismissed.

By the Court: It is so ordered.

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Opinion by

GALBRAITH, C.

The Jefferson Trust Company, a judgment creditor of the estate of Austin McCann, deceased, presented a petition to the county court of Haskell county, where the estate of Austin McCann was being administered, to sell certain real estate belonging to said estate for the purpose of paying its said claim and other debts. Upon a hearing this petition was denied and the order of sale refused. An appeal was duly perfected to the district court. Upon a trial there the judgment of the county court was affirmed. To review that judgment the cause -has been brought to this court by petition in error and case-made.

A motion is here made to dismiss the appeal for want of necessary parties. It appears that one J. 0. Ken-worthy was the administrator of the estate of Austin McCann, deceased, and that the judgment of the Jefferson Trust Company was- rendered against him as such administrator, and that he was a necessary party to the proceeding in the court below. Kenworthy was not made a party to this appeal. No summons in error was issued and served upon him, nor was there a waiver or an appearance entered by him or in his behalf in this court. The case-made was not served upon him. The judgment appealed from was entered upon the 24th day of March, 1918. The time for correcting the defect of parties to the appeal has long since passed. The failure to make the administrator a party to this appeal is fatal to the jurisdiction of this court. In his. absence the merits of the cause cannot be passed upon. Jones v. Midland Savings & Loan Co. et al., 43 Okla. 601, 148 Pac. 667; Grayson v. Chisso et al., 47 Okla. 713, 150 Pac. 697.

*189 The appeal should therefore be dismissed.

By the Court: It is so ordered.

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