In re Strickland v. National Gypsum Co.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

The appellee-employer has filed with this court a motion to dismiss appellant-employee’s appeal. The employer’s motion contends that appellate jurisdiction was not timely invoked.

The record before us reveals the following:

Petitioner filed a notice of appeal with the Supreme Court of Alabama some 36 days after judgment was entered in the trial court, and subsequently filed a motion to transfer the case to this court and treat the notice as a defective petition for writ of certiorari with leave to amend the petition. Appellee-employer then filed a motion to…