Vincent v. Lewis

ON REHEARING

We granted a rehearing, limited to the question of whether the appeal was timely perfected.

The issue is whether an appeal is timely perfected, where the order for the appeal is signed within the delay for taking the appeal, the required bond is not posted within the delay, but after the de*608lay expires, the appellant secures an amendment to the order for appeal dispensing with the bond and allowing the appeal to be taken in forma pauperis.

The relevant facts are that a judgment awarding alimony to the plaintiff wife was rendered on January 2, 1973. No application for a new trial was…