Hartford Fire Insurance v. Staggs

AYRES, Judge.

From a judgment rendered against him on confirmation of a default, defendant has appealed. The appellees have moved to dismiss the appeal. The basis of this motion is that the appeal was prayed for by oral motion in open court at a term of court subsequent to that in which the judgment was rendered and signed, without the appellant having prayed for either the issuance or service of a citation of appeal.

The facts upon which the motion is predicated are conceded. The judgment áppealed was rendered and signed June 7, 1956. The •orders of appeal were prayed for, as aforesaid, by…