Phillips v. Jacobs Ex Rel. Jacobs

807 S.W.2d 923 (1991)

305 Ark. 365

Tyree PHILLIPS, Sr., Appellant,

v.

Karen JACOBS, Individually and as Next Friend of Kimberly Jacobs, Appellee.

No. 90-350.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 29, 1991.

Robert E. McCallum, Bryant, for appellant.

Jim Pedigo, Hope, for appellee.

BROWN, Justice.

This case comes to us as a one-brief case, the appellee Karen Jacobs having failed to respond. The dispositive issue is whether the trial court's failure to enter an order disposing of the appellee's motion for a new trial within thirty days divested the trial court of jurisdiction to act on the motion thereafter.

We…