Stephens v. Stephens

This was a suit for divorce and alimony, by the appellee against the appellant. The case was submitted by agreement, on the 25th day of November, 1874, but no* brief was filed, by or for the appellant, till the 26th day of February, 1875, ninety-three days after the submission; and under Rule 14 of this court, 43 Ind., the case stood dismissed,, for not filing a brief by the appellant in sixty days after the submission. The clerk’s not having noted or entered the dismissal cannot annul, waive or invalidate the rule. Its plain meaning is, that Avhen a case is submitted on call or by agreement,…