McLaughlin v. Home Indemnity Insurance Co.

COVINGTON, Judge.

This Court, on its own motion, found an apparent defect in the appeal taken herein, namely, that the appeal bond was not timely filed. Consequently, the parties hereto, in response to our show cause order, filed briefs directed to that issue.

All pertinent events occurred in 1977. The judgment was signed on June 24; on July 6 the plaintiff, Joan D. McLaughlin, deposited a motion for a new trial, with proper costs, in the office of the Clerk of Court. However, the motion was not mark*1227ed “filed” until July 11, on which date it was signed by the Judge. On August 16, the motion was…