¶1delivered the opinion of the court.
¶2The question involved in this ease is whether or not an appeal taken from a judgment rendered by the District Court of San Juan, Section 2, in a certain certiorari proceeding should be dismissed. The appellee moves for its dismissal because, among other reasons, the appeal was taken before the judgnaent was entered in the docket.
¶3According to the record the appeal was taken on June 23, 1919, and according to a certificate issued by the clerk of the District Court of San Juan, Section 2, the judgment was rendered in open court on June 19, 1919, but was not entered in the judgment docket until July 11 of the same year.
¶4This being the case, it is necessary to admit that the appeal was taken prematurely and therefore, must be dismissed.
¶5The question is not a new one. In 1905 this court said: “An appeal taken from a judgment before it has been entered in the book of judgments of the district court is premature and will be dismissed.” La Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Puerto Rico et al. v. La Compañía Línea Férrea del Oeste et al., 8 P. R. R. 408. See also the case of Schroder v. Schmidt, 71 Cal. 399, and Coon v. United Order of Honor, 76 Cal. 354, where similar doctrine was laid down.
¶6The appeal must be
¶7Dismissed.