Van Houten v. Burt

SHEPARD, Justice.

This is an attempted appeal from a judgment entered January 27, 1971, nearly ten months after the date of the judgment. The appeal is dismissed.

This action was initiated by Van Houten (respondent herein) as plaintiff seeking a balance due him under the terms of a contract for the construction of a residence for the Burts (appellants herein). A counter-claim was filed seeking damages allegedly due to construction deficiencies. That action was initiated in 1965 and ultimately tried to the court sitting without a jury. On January 27, 1971, after a series of inexplicable delays,…