Wallace v. Belleview Properties Corp.

I agree with the main opinion. I write separately first to offer in Part A below a rationale for the main opinion and for the authorities upon which it relies. Part B of this writing consists of additional authority and reasons in support of our holding today. Finally, in Part C, I comment upon the necessarily synonymous nature of finality for purposes of execution and finality for purposes of appeal.

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A court’s authority to make a decision and the correctness of that decision are two different things. The authority to make a decision is not dependent upon the making of a correct decision. A…