Hobbs v. Johnson

HIGHTOWER, C. J. This suit of trespass to try title was filed by defendant in error, Johnson, in the district court of Montgomery county, against the plaintiffs in error to recover the title and possession of a tract of land known as lot No. 9 of the R. H. Johns subdivision of the Edward Hall survey in Montgomery county. Plaintiffs in error answered by general denial, plea of not guilty, and further interposed as a defense the statutes of limitation of five and ten years. A jury was demanded in the case, but upon conclusion. of the evidence the trial judge peremptorily instructed a verdict for the defendant in error and entered judgment accordingly. Plaintiffs in error duly prosecuted an appeal to this court and filed the record in this-court on March 8, 1927. On March 19, 1927, counsel for plaintiffs in error were notified by the clerk of this court that this cause had been set for submission on May 19, 1927. Counsel for plaintiffs in error filed no brief in this- court until May 16, 1927, two days, before submission. On the same day counsel for defendant in error filed a motion objecting to the consideration of the brief for-plaintiffs in error on two grounds: First,, because the brief was filed too late; and,, second, because the brief as filed contained no assignment of error challenging any action of the trial court. Counsel for plaintiffs in error have offered', no excuse for their failure to file briefs in this cause, as required by the rules. The-record discloses that there was no agreement between counsel for the parties waiving the-filing of briefs by plaintiffs in error, as required by the rules for briefing causes in* this court. In this situation we were compelled to sustain the motion to strike out the-briefs for plaintiffs in error, and accordingly did so. That the motion to strike the brief of plaintiffs in error on the ground that it was filed too late was well taken, see West Louisiana Bank v. Terry (Tex. Civ. App.) 229 S. W. 639. The motion to strike on the ground, that the brief contained no assignment of error was also well taken. Roberson v. Hughes (Tex. Com. App.) 231 S. W. 734. Since no fundamental error is suggested, and none discovered by this court, the judgment should be affirmed, and that has been, our order.