Perkins v. Salas

KLIEBERT, Judge.

Appellees filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on the grounds it was premature and in her memorandum supporting the motion said “no written judgment ... can be found in the files of counsel for appellant, counsel for appellees, or the record lodged ...” with this court. From that she concluded that “no written judgment was ever rendered.” Clearly, in the absence of a judgment there is nothing for us to adjudicate.

Code of Civil Procedure articles 1916 and 1911 provide respectively as follows:

“Art. 1916 — Jury cases, signature of judgment by the court

When a case has been tried…