Taft v. Wolma

On September 3, 1976, appellant filed his motion seeking an extension of time for filing the record in his appeal from a judgment signed on July 7, 1976, after a non-jury trial. No motion for new trial was filed. The cost bond was timely filed on August 6, 1976.

The motion for extension of time is not supported by an affidavit from either the court reporter or the County Clerk. We have been advised by appellant’s attorney that the record was requested on August 26, 1976. As explanation for this delay of fifty-six days in requesting the record, it is stated that appellant’s present attorney was…