State ex rel. McClelland v. Edie

OPINION

BY THE COURT:

The above entitled cause is now being determined on plaintiff-appellee’s motion to dismiss the appeal for failure of defendant-appellant to file brief within the time prescribed under the rules of court.

It is conceded that the brief was not filed within time. Counsel for appellant by affidavit seeks to justify the delay and requests extension of time. Our rule fixing time within which brief shall be filed states that failure to comply is ground for dismissal unless for good cause shown the court finds otherwise.

For a period of about five years we have been giving strict…