McCaughey v. Murphy

Carley, Justice.

Alleging debts arising out of their partnership agreement, Murphy brought suit against McCaughey. McCaughey answered and counterclaimed against Murphy. On Murphy’s motion, the superior court appointed an auditor who concluded that McCaughey owed Murphy $632,334. When the superior court entered judgment on the auditor’s report, McCaughey appealed directly and Murphy cross-appealed. The Court of Appeals dismissed the appeals for failure to follow the discretionary appeal procedures. We granted McCaughey’s petition for certiorari to consider what standards appellate courts should…