First Nationwide Bank, a Federal Savings Bank v. Summer House Joint Venture

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a summary judgment and from an order denying appellants’ motion for new trial. Finding appellants’ post-judgment (“new trial”) motion to be a Rule 60(b) motion, we conclude that the notice of appeal was not timely as to the underlying judgment and leaves us without jurisdiction to review it. Unable to find any abuse of discretion, we affirm the order denying appellants’ Rule 60(b) motion seeking a new trial.

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In September of 1984, Summer House Joint Venture (“Summer House”) executed 136 promissory notes for $6,800,000 in favor of St. Louis Federal…