Southern Title & Trust Co. v. Bingham & Maley Co.

Order.

Rule 20, amended November 5, 1930, and effective January 1, 1931, requires the brief of the plaintiff in error to concisely state in general terms the prime or controlling questions involved so that each question will be so phrased that the point of law intended for solution may appear. That requirement is made so that the Supreme Court may be able to obtain an immediate view of the nature of the controversy.

The rule provides that when no brief has been filed by the plaintiff in error in accordance with this rule the cause may be dismissed by the court in its own motion, or the judgment…