Grondona v. Sutton

Appellants Marco Bence Grondona, Santa Cristina Sociedad Anónima, Atahualpa del Monte Sociedad Anónima, and Ignacio Maria Steverlynck move this Court to deem their appeal timely perfected. Ap-pellee Joseph Sutton moves to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

On April 21, 1998, the trial court signed a default judgment against appellants: Appellants timely moved for a new trial on May 21, and the court denied the motion by an order signed on July 15. On August 11, Grondona filed a motion to establish late notice of judgment, asserting that he first had notice of the judgment on May 19.…