¶1The plaintiff objects that this court lias acquired no jurisdiction of tbe cause by reason of the supposed appeal taken by tbe defendants.
¶2This objection we must bold is well taken. It appears from an examination of the record that the defendants failed to file, in the trial court, the affidavit for appeal required by the statute (section 808, Revised Statutes 1899), and, therefore, the order granting such appeal was ineffective to invest this court with jurisdiction of the cause. Giesing v. Schowengerdt, 24 Mo. App. 554.
¶3It is true the defendants filed a statement with their signature thereto, but it appears that there was no jurat appended thereto, and without the latter essential the statement was not the affidavit which the statute requires shall be filed in order to authorize the granting of an appeal in any case.
¶4And since we are wholly without jurisdiction of the cause, it is manifestly improper for us to express any opinion in respect to any point suggested by counsel relating to the merits. Accoidingly, the. causé will be stricken from the docket.