Barry v. Connolly

This is an action in contract to recover a deposit paid by the plaintiffs under ar. agreement for the purchase and sale of the defendant’s real estate.

The trial court entered judgment for the defendant on July 5,1984.

Twenty-two days later, on July 27,1984, the plaintiffs’ “Motion to Extend Time to File a Request for a Report and Draft Report” was entered on the trial court docket.The plaintiffs’ motion had been hand delivered by a courier service after the close of business in the trial court on the preceeding day, July 26,1984, and had been left in the care of a court custodian.

The trial…