Uhl v. Dalton

Ninth Circuit

Uhl v. Dalton

151 F.2d 502, 1945 U.S. App. LEXIS 2972

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

DecidedOctober 25, 1945

DocketNo. 10976

StatusPublished

Cited by7 cases

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Uhl v. Dalton, 151 F.2d 502, 1945 U.S. App. LEXIS 2972 (9th Cir. 1945).

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MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

In the District Court of the United States for the District of Nevada, appellant, E. H. Uhl, a citizen of California, brought an action against appellee, George Dalton, a citizen of Nevada, for damages in the sum. of $3,728.92. Appellee answered, denying liability. The answer contained a counterclaim,¹ to which appellant filed a reply. Jury trial having been waived, the case was tried by the court without a jury on August 11, 1944. The court filed an opinion on August 31, 1944, but did not, as required by Rule 52(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, “find the facts specially and state separately its conclusions of law thereon and direct the entry of the appropriate judgment;” nor was any judgment entered.

[503]*503The opinion was not a judgment, nor did it direct the entry of a judgment. Instead, it declared that neither party was entitled to a judgment and, immediately following that declaration, ended with these words: “It is so ordered.” Thus, instead of directing the entry of a judgment, the court, in effect, directed that no judgment be entered.

Upon the filing of the opinion, the clerk of the court made the following notation in the civil docket: “Aug. 31, 1944. Judgment denied as to both plaintiff and deft.” That was not a notation of a judgment, within the meaning of Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following § 723c,² and hence did not constitute the entry of a judgment.

On November 28, 1944, appellant filed a notice of appeal “from the final judgment * * * entered in the above entitled action.” Subsequently there was transmitted to this court what purported to be a transcript of the record on appeal from the judgment thus supposedly entered. Since there was, in fact, no such judgment, the appeal was premature.

Appeal dismissed.

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MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

In the District Court of the United States for the District of Nevada, appellant, E. H. Uhl, a citizen of California, brought an action against appellee, George Dalton, a citizen of Nevada, for damages in the sum. of $3,728.92. Appellee answered, denying liability. The answer contained a counterclaim,¹ to which appellant filed a reply. Jury trial having been waived, the case was tried by the court without a jury on August 11, 1944. The court filed an opinion on August 31, 1944, but did not, as required by Rule 52(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, “find the facts specially and state separately its conclusions of law thereon and direct the entry of the appropriate judgment;” nor was any judgment entered.

[503]*503The opinion was not a judgment, nor did it direct the entry of a judgment. Instead, it declared that neither party was entitled to a judgment and, immediately following that declaration, ended with these words: “It is so ordered.” Thus, instead of directing the entry of a judgment, the court, in effect, directed that no judgment be entered.

Upon the filing of the opinion, the clerk of the court made the following notation in the civil docket: “Aug. 31, 1944. Judgment denied as to both plaintiff and deft.” That was not a notation of a judgment, within the meaning of Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following § 723c,² and hence did not constitute the entry of a judgment.

On November 28, 1944, appellant filed a notice of appeal “from the final judgment * * * entered in the above entitled action.” Subsequently there was transmitted to this court what purported to be a transcript of the record on appeal from the judgment thus supposedly entered. Since there was, in fact, no such judgment, the appeal was premature.

Appeal dismissed.

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