28 Wn.2d 969, BERNICE M. ELLERN v. WILLIAM ELLERN, Appellant

Case Date: 09/23/1947
Docket No: 30276.DepartmentOne

28 Wn.2d 969, BERNICE M. ELLERN v. WILLIAM ELLERN, Appellant

[No. 30276. Department One.      Supreme Court      September 23, 1947.]

BERNICE M. ELLERN, Respondent, v. WILLIAM ELLERN,
                               Appellant.1

[1] APPEAL AND ERROR - RECORD - STATEMENT OF FACTS - TIME FOR FILING. An appeal from an order modifying an interlocutory decree of divorce will be dismissed, where no statement of facts was filed in the superior court within ninety days after the entry of the order appealed from, as required by Rule of Supreme Court 9.

Motion filed in the supreme court June 19, 1947, to dismiss an appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Webster, J., entered February 15, 1947, modifying an interlocutory decree of divorce. Motion granted; appeal dismissed.

Samuel Edelstein and Fielding H. Ficklen, for appellant.

Wernette & Crowley, for respondent.

SIMPSON, J. -

Appeal in this case involves a judgment of the superior court modifying an interlocutory order and decree of divorce. Subsequent to the time defendant filed a petition asking for a modification of the order and decree, a hearing was had and the court entered an order reducing the amount to be paid to plaintiff for her support and that of their children.


1 Reported in 184 P. (2d) 567.

[1] See 3 Am. Jur. 320.

 970    ELLERN v. ELLERN.                   [Sept. 1947 
           28 Wn.2d 969, 184 P.2d 567

[1] Respondent has presented to this court a motion to secure the dismissal of the appeal for the reason that no statement of facts was filed in the superior court within ninety days after the entry of the order from which this appeal was taken. The record discloses that no statement of facts was filed within the ninety-day period provided by Rule of Supreme Court 9, 18 Wn. (2d) 9-a.

Respondent's motion to dismiss is granted, and the appeal is dismissed.

MALLERY, C. J., MILLARD, SCHWELLENBACH, and HILL, JJ., concur.