Brown ex rel. State v. Bernard

EDWARDS, Judge.

This court ex proprio motu issued an order for the appellant, Roger Williams Insurance Company, to show cause why its appeal should not be dismissed inasmuch as it appeared from the record that: appellant’s motion for a new trial was filed untimely; the trial court’s judgment after the new trial would therefore be invalid; and appellant’s appeal would also be untimely.

The original judgment in this case was signed on December 22, 1978, and, on the same day, a copy of the judgment was sent to all counsel of record. Appellant filed a motion for a new trial on January 8, 1978. The…