Associates Discount Corporation v. DeVilliers

CARMODY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a money judgment, but we do not reach the merits because of the jurisdictional question involved.

Judgment was entered on May 17, 1963, and some fourteen days later, on May 31st, appellant filed and served a motion for new trial. Thereafter, notice of appeal was filed on July 24th, some sixty-eight days after the entry of judgment.

The whole question is whether the motion for new trial was timely filed so as to suspend the running of the time for appeal. It is our considered judgment that the appeal was not timely.

It requires no citation of authority to…