Spear

Proceeding in mandate looking to compelling the judge of the trial court to settle and certify a proposed record on appeal under section 953a of the Code of Civil Procedure, and to requiring the clerk to certify and forward record of judgment-roll, etc., prepared under said section. The petition shows that the notice requesting preparation of said record required by the section was not filed within ten days after notice of entry of the judgment. [1] The failure to file such a notice within the time specified in the section goes to the jurisdiction in so far as the preparation of the record is concerned, at least in the absence of an order of the trial court relieving the party from his default in the matter of filing such notice. (See Estate of Keating, 158 Cal. 109 , [ 110 Pac. 109 ]; Fiske v. Gosbey, 168 Cal. 334 , [ 143 Pac. 611 ].)

[2] The fact that a notice of appeal has been filed is altogether immaterial in so far as the effect of a failure to file this notice for the preparation of a record is concerned.

The order of the judge, made ex parte, granting further time for the preparation of the record on account of the inability of the reporter to finish the same within the…