Cockrell v. Central Savings & Loan Ass'n

OPINION

John H. Cockrell has appealed the trial court’s summary judgment entered on November 20, 1989 (the November summary judgment). Central Savings and Loan Association argues that the trial court entered a final summary judgment on July 12, 1989 (the July summary judgment); therefore, Cockrell’s appeal is untimely. After reviewing the parties’ jurisdictional briefs, this Court holds that the July summary judgment was final, that Cockrell’s subsequent amended counterclaim constituted a second, independent suit, albeit filed under the same cause number as the first suit, and that the…