Matrka v. Stephens

Bowman, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Larry P. Stephens (“Stephens”), appeals from a judgment by the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas which denied his Civ.R. 60(B) motion for relief from a judgment rendered against him on a cognovit note. Plaintiffs-appellees, Paul J. and Barbara K. Matrka (“the Matrkas”), have filed a motion to dismiss Stephens’ appeal on the grounds that the denial of his Civ.R. 60(B) motion was not a final appealable order.

Although appellant failed to respond to the motion to dismiss and his brief fails to address the issue of whether the trial court’s October…