Clark v. Cawdell

Citations

• 72 Okla. 321
• 181 P. 285
• 1919 Okla. LEXIS 391

Syllabus

<p>(Syllabus.)</p> <p>Appeal and Error — New Trial — Time for Motion for New Trial — Excuse—Review.</p> <p>Sections 5035 and 5036, Rev. Laws 1910, requiring a motion for new trial to be filed witbin three days after the verdict or decision is rendered, and to be made in writing are mandatory; and, in the absence of a showing that the party filing said motion has been unavoidably prevented from doing so within the time fixed by statute, this court will not consider errors occurring at the trial.</p>