Conine v. Brown

Appellant, Harold J. Conine, has undertaken to appeal from an order sustaining a motion to strike one of two defenses interposed in a cause of action now pending in the District Court of Laramie County. Appellee, Lenore I. Brown, has moved to dismiss such appeal for the reason that the order is not a final order as defined by Rule 72(a), Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure.

The definition of a final order as now contained in Rule 72(a) was taken from §, 3-5301, W.C.S., 1945. It has been a part of our civil code at least since 1886. During that time and prior to the adoption of our present rules…