Murphy v. Dumas

Appellees David M. Dumas and Donnie S. Dumas (the Dumases) move this court to dismiss the appeal of appellants Robert Murphy, Cathy Murphy, and others (the Murphys) due to a late filing of the record on appeal in violation of Ark. R. App. P. — Civ. 5(a). We agree that the trial court erred in granting the extension of time, but we deny the motion to dismiss.

The facts are that on July 28, 2000, the Murphys timely filed their notice of appeal from a decree quieting title to certain land entered on June 29, 2000. This meant that under Appellate Rule 5(a) the record had to be filed by October 26,…