Cooke v. Cooke

This is a motion to dismiss the appeal of Dorothea Dyer Cooke, as executrix, because of delay in filing the record on appeal.

The action was filed on March 14, 1941. Judgment was entered on August 10, 1942. Motion for new trial was denied on August 28, 1942. Notice of appeal and request for clerk’s and reporter’s transcripts followed. On June 24, 1943, an order to show cause why the proceedings to secure transcripts should not be terminated was issued. On June 30, 1943, the trial judge denied the motion to terminate the proceedings to secure the transcripts and on August 10, 1943, the…