McDannel v. Parkview Investment Corporation

— This law action was commenced October 23, 1961. It was tried in February 1963 and defendant filed timely notice of appeal. The printed record was not filed until January 29, 1965, largely because of the inexcusable neglect and delay of plaintiffs-appellees’ counsel in filing in the trial court amendments to appellant’s typewritten abstract as provided by rule 340(c), Rules of Civil Procedure.

Appellees’ brief was not filed until the day before the appeal was submitted. It consists of only five pages, cites no authorities, and is virtually no help to the court. Of course such conduct cannot…