Norton v. Charley

1916 OK 508, 157 P. 340, 57 Okla. 511, 1916 Okla. LEXIS 550

• Court: Supreme Court of Oklahoma
• Decided: May 2, 1916
• Docket: 6619
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion by

RUMMONS, C.

This cause comes on to be heard upon the motion of Buddy, and Susie, a minor, by said Buddy, as her mother and next friend, to dismiss this proceeding in error for the reason that defendant in error, .Charley, subsequent to the judgment rendered in this action, and prior to February 6 1914, died intestate in Seminole county, Okla., leaving as his only heirs the said Buddy, his wife, and the said Susie, his daughter and only living ' descendant, and thát no steps have been taken by plaintiffs in error to revive said action. Notice of this motion has been served upon counsel for plaintiffs in error. It appears from said motion and the affidavits and certificates thereto attached that defendant in error, Charley, had been dead for more than a year prior to the filing of this motion, and that plaintiffs in error had knowledge of his demise. As an order to revive an action against the representatives or successors of a defendant cannot be made without the consent of such representatives or successors, unless within one year from the time it could have been first made (section 5293, Eev. Laws 1910), and, as more than one year has elapsed since the death of the defendant in error without any steps being taken by the plaintiffs in error to revive this action, this court is without jurisdiction to consider this appeal, and the appeal should therefore be dismissed.

^y the Court: It is so ordered.