Meeks v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

LAWSON, Justice.

The submission was on the motion to dismiss the appeal and on the merits.

The motion to dismiss the appeal is on two grounds, but we need consider only the first, which reads:

“The appeal was taken after the time for appeal had expired, in that the judgment in favor of the defendant was entered on January 17, 1969 (R. 51), plaintiff’s motion for a new trial was overruled on October 6, 1969 (R. 55), and plaintiff filed security for costs of appeal on Tuesday, April 7, 1970, six months and one day following the ruling on the motion for new trial (R. 55).”

An appeal must be taken…