Richard Stallworth v. Laquita Shuler, Both Individually and as Superintendent of Schools, and Liberty County School Board

BY THE COURT:

Plaintiff-appellee Stallworth filed two motions to dismiss this appeal alleging first, that defendants did not timely appeal the final judgment on the merits, and second, that defendants cannot appeal from a consent judgment concerning attorney’s fees entered into after trial.

The final judgment was entered in this case on June 13, 1984. A consent judgment as to the amount of attorney’s fees was entered June 20, 1984. Although defendants-appellants filed a timely motion for new trial or to vacate or to amend, that motion was withdrawn July 16, 1984 and a notice of appeal filed on…