Snyder v. Lapp

Decided November 9, 1899

Nebraska Supreme Court · decided 1899-11-09

<p>1. Transcript for Review: Authentication: Jurisdiction. The appellate jurisdiction of the supreme court depends upon the filing with the clerk of a duly authenticated transcript of the proceeding’s of the district court containing the judgment or final order sought to be reversed.</p> <p>S. —-■: - — : Dismissal. In the absence of such certificate, the court is without authority to pronounce judgment.</p>

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Dismissed · Decided 1899-11-09

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Sullivan, J.

¶1It is a doctrine established by numerous decisions that the appellate jurisdiction of this .court depends upon the filing with the clerk of a duly authenticated transcript of the proceedings of the district court, containing the judgment or final order sought to be reviewed. See Moore v. Waterman, 40 Nebr., 498; McDonald v. Grabow, 46 Nebr., 406; Otis v. Butters, 46 Nebr., 492; Einspahr v. Exchange Nat. Bank, 49 Nebr., 557; Bailey v. Eastman, 54 Nebr., 416. In this case there is no certificate of any kind attached to the papers before us. We are, therefore, without authority to do anything except to enter an order dismissing the petition in -error. A judgment, should we assume to pronounce one, would be void. The petition in error is

¶2Dismissed.