Credit Plan Inc. v. Waggoner

JOHN S. COVINGTON, Judge.

The record of appeal in this case was lodged September 3, 1985 and we issued an order, sua sponte, directing the parties to show cause, by briefs, why this appeal should not be dismissed as untimely.

This suit on a promissory note was tried on its merits on June 3, 1985; defendant-appellant Betty Pellegrin defended on the ground that her signature on the note was obtained under duress; she and her mother gave live testimony regarding the alleged duress. The trial judge gave oral reasons at the conclusion of the trial which stated, in part, that “there was insufficient…