City of Sierra Madre v. Hildreth CA2/3
To obtain a reversal of a judgment, an appellant must affirmatively establish both error by the trial court and prejudice from that error. And to facilitate appellate review of rulings made in the trial court, an appellant must provide the courts of appeal with a record containing all material relevant to the orders or judgment challenged in the appeal.
Here, defendants and appellants Jeffrey M. and Taryn N. Hildreth (the Hildreths) challenge a judgment rendered in favor of the City of Sierra Madre (the City) after a 27-day bench trial. The Hildreths, however, failed to provide this court with a transcript of the trial or an appropriate substitute. The Hildreths claim the issues they present are issues of law that do not require us to consider any of the evidence presented at trial.
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