Waugaman

The transcript on appeal herein was filed in this court on the 29th of December, 1924. March 7, 1925, the respondent filed notice of motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that appellants had failed to file their'points and authorities within thirty days after the filing of the transcript. Appellants’ brief was thereafter filed on the 21st of March. Respondent’s motion was heard and submitted March 23d. At the hearing the appellants applied for relief from their default. In support of the application for relief, the affidavit of one of the attorneys for appellants was presented. Affiant therein states that his associate is district attorney of El Dorado County and the affiant is deputy district attorney; that “during all of the time since the filing of the said transcript on appeal both affiant and his said associate have been extremely busy with official business of said county of El Dorado, but had not neglected the preparation of appellants’ brief but had given to it such time as was possible between the performance of acts of official duty; that at the time their period of time for the filing of appellants’ opening brief expired said attorneys were both busy with official…