Watts v. Reynolds

A chancery decree was entered in this case on August 2,1984. A motion for new trial was filed August 8,1984. An order overruling the new trial motion was filed January 25, 1985. Notice of appeal was filed February 5, 1985. On May 29, 1985, the chancellor ordered his docket “completed and supplemented” to show he took the new trial motion under advisement on August 9, 1984.

Ark. R. App. P. 4(c) permits the time for filing a notice of appeal to be extended by filing a new trial motion. The thirty-day period for filing a notice of appeal runs from the expiration of thirty days after the motion is…