Poynter, Mannear & Speer v. Suggs

CARTER, Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on a rule to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed as untimely filed.

Poynter, Mannear & Speer, a law partnership, filed suit in city court to recover a fee for services rendered on behalf of Faye C. Suggs. Judgment was rendered in open *117court at the conclusion of trial in favor of plaintiff on September 28, 1982, and was signed on October 8, 1982. Defendants filed a motion for a suspensive appeal on October 21, 1982.1 Plaintiffs subsequently filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the motion for appeal had not been…