First Finance Co. v. Ross

Defendants appeal from a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff for conversion of the latter’s property, with a special finding of malice against defendant Hugh Ross. Plaintiff filed objections to various motions of the defendants and in addition filed a countermotion requesting this court to dismiss the appeal on the ground that defendants failed to file the necessary record on appeal within the requisite time.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. On March 12, 1965, the trial court entered the judgment for conversion; on March 31 defendants’ trial counsel, John W. Bennett, filed a motion…