Donley v. State ex rel. Lewis

Ed. P. MoFaddiN, Associate Justice.

The question for our decision is when the time for appeal begins to run in a case like this one. The appellant, L. C. Donley, was charged with being the father of an illegitimate child. The proceedings were under § 34-701 et seq. Ark. Stats. There was a hearing in the Pulaski County Court on January 7, 1955; and, at the conclusion of the hearing, the Court announced that the petition would be granted. But this statement was entirely oral: the Court made no written order or notation of any kind. The attorney for the mother prepared an order and took it to the…