Equilease Corp. v. Welch

COVINGTON, Judge:

This court, ex proprio motu, issued an order for the parties to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed as untimely.

A chronology of pertinent events indicates that the trial court’s judgment was signed on March 29,1976, an order of devol-utive appeal was signed on June 7, 1976, with the return day fixed for July 30, 1976, and the requisite bond was filed on June 25, 1976. On July 21, 1976, on motion of the Clerk of Court, with his attached affidavit that the testimony had not been received, the return date was extended for 60 days from July 30, 1976; on September…