Gunter v. LIBERTY BANK OF ARKANSAS

John Mauzy Pittman, Chief Judge.

Jack and Priscilla J Gunter 1 were among several defendants to a foreclosure suit filed by the appellee bank’s predecessor. Other defendants filed timely answers but the Gunters failed to do so and instead filed their answer after the expiration of the time allowed. Priscilla Gunter now appeals from an adverse judgment entered after the trial court granted a motion to strike as untimely those portions of their answer that were not common to those raised by the other defendants who had filed timely answers, arguing that the trial court erred in fading to…