Riley v. Reed
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 38 — MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL APPEAL PROM MERCER CIRCUIT COURT. This case is reversed because the petition is fatally defective. The opinion is marked for publication to show the rulings of the court on the motion to dismiss the appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE COFER
delivered the opinion or the court.
The judgment appealed from in .this ease was rendered November 24, 1874, and the record was filed in the office of the clerk of this court January 22, 1877, and an appeal was then granted.
The appellee has filed a motion in writing asking that the appeal be dismissed because it is barred by limitation.
At the time the judgment was rendered, the time within which an appeal might be prosecuted was limited to three years (sec. 884, Myers’s Code); but at the time the appeal in this case was taken the time was limited to two years (sec. 745, Bullitt’s…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Williams v. GordonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1876
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