Lamp v. Willowdale Nursing Home, Inc.

LEMMON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment maintaining exceptions to a petition for certain sums allegedly due by a corporation in liquidation. At the threshold we are faced with a difficult issue as to the effectiveness of the appeal. Because of the complex factual background, we outline the record in some detail.

The litigation began when Dickie Lamp and several other shareholders petitioned for the liquidation of the corporation, Wil-lowdale Nursing Home, Inc. After a hearing on opposition by another shareholder, John Neyrey, the trial court rendered judgment on October 11, 1972,…