Davidson v. Ikard

STAYTON, Chief Justice. — Plaintiff in error perfected an appeal from a judgment rendered against him, but failed to file transcript in Court of Civil Appeals within time, prescribed by statute, and on application, supported by affidavit showing good reason why the transcript was not filed in proper time, the court overruled the motion to file. Appellees then asked affirmance of the judgment on certificate, which was objected to by plaintiff in error, on the ground that he had sued o.ut a writ error after his application to file transcript under his appeal was overruled, but the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the judgment on certificate. The application for writ of error was accompanied by a transcript of the application to file the transcript, a part of which was an affidavit filed for appellant showing facts that would excuse the failure to file the transcript in proper time, but it did not contain the affidavits controverting the facts contained in that affidavit. The latter have been brought up by certiorari, and are in direct conflict with the affidavit showing excuse for failure to file the transcript in proper time. The affidavits filed by the respective parties must be presumed to havé been considered and passed upon by the Court of Civil Appeals, and thereupon that court would have been fully authorized to find that the facts set up as an excuse for not filing the transcript in proper time had no existence. We must presume that such was the finding, and in that event the affirmance on certificate was correct, for appellant could not defeat the right to that by suing out a writ of error after he had failed to prosecute his appeal. Perez v. Garza, 52 Texas, 571; Thompson v. Anderson, 82 Texas, 238. The judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals will be affirmed. Affirmed.