Miles v. Peterson

CHEHARDY, Judge.

We dismiss this appeal. Uniform Rules— Courts of Appeal Rule 7, Section 5 authorizes us to dismiss an appeal in which one year has passed without any steps having been taken to further its prosecution.

The judgment from which this appeal was taken was signed October 30, 1973 and an order of appeal was signed and an appeal bond posted within the time then allowed by law to perfect a devolutive appeal. On March 2,1977 this court denied a motion to dismiss the appeal although it had not been lodged in this court more than three years after the bond was posted because we found the…