Panos v. Third Judicial District Court of Tooele County

DURHAM, Chief Justice:

This case is before the court on a petition for extraordinary relief pursuant to rule 65B of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure and rule 19 of the Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure. At issue is whether the defendant's late payment of a $10 filing fee deprived the district court of jurisdiction to consider her appeal of a small claims court decision. We hold that it did not and affirm the district court's ruling.

BACKGROUND

1 2 This case is the result of a car accident between Clifton W. Panos (Panos), the petitioner here, and Jennifer Ann Castle (Castle) that occurred in…