Free v. Anthony

MOTION TO DISMISS

KNOLL, Judge.

The defendants-appellees, John M. Anthony and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, move to dismiss the appeal of plaintiffs-appellants, Louis T. Free and Evie Free, alleging that the appeal was taken untimely.

In accordance with the judgment rendered in open court following the hearing of this matter on September 14, 1987, final judgment was signed by the trial court on September 15, 1987. This judgment sustained the peremptory exception of res judicata which had been raised by appellees, and ordered plaintiffs’ suit dismissed without prejudice.…