Independent Insurance Consultants, Inc. v. First State Bank

I agree with the policy and reasoning underlying the requirement of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 27-2101 (Supp. 1971) that an order of a trial court be “final” before it is appealable. Nothing could do more to clog the judicial machinery than piecemeal appeals, unless it is the necessity for new trials of entire cases because of trial court errors that could have been corrected upon an appeal such as this. I respectfully submit that the summary judgment in this case is final and appealable.

In order to explain the basis of my position it is necessary that I point out matters in the record in addition to…