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Bowers v. Thornburg

Supreme Court of Indiana
Nov 22, 1961
242 Ind. 272 (Ind. 1961)

Opinion

No. 30,134.

Filed November 22, 1961.

APPEAL — Procedure — Timely Filing of Assignment of Errors and Transcript — Dismissal. — Where assignment of errors and transcript of record are not filed within time required by statute the appeal must be dismissed.

From the Jay Circuit Court, Burl V. Whiteman, Judge.

Appellants, Donald Bowers and others, attempt to appeal from an interlocutory order refusing to grant a temporary injunction.

Appeal dismissed.

Paul F. Brady, of Indianapolis, and George W. Brady, of Muncie, for appellant.

E. Meeks Cockerill, Zane E. Stohler, and William R. Hunter, all of Winchester, for appellees.


This is an appeal from an alleged interlocutory order refusing to grant a temporary injunction.

Appellees have filed a motion to dismiss because the assignment of errors and transcript of the record were not filed either within thirty days from the date of the order as provided for appeals from interlocutory orders, or within ninety days of the order if it is considered to be a final judgment.

The order from which the appeal is prosecuted was entered on May 1, 1961. The assignment of errors and transcript were filed in the office of the clerk of this court on August 15, 1961. Under these circumstances it is not necessary for us to determine whether or not the order from which the appeal is taken is interlocutory or final since the assignment of errors was not filed within the time prescribed in either case.

It is apparent, on the face of the record before us, that the assignment of errors and the transcript of the record were not filed within the time required by statute and the rules of this court, and the appeal must, therefore, be dismissed.

No petition for extension of time within which to file assignment of errors and transcript of record was filed in this case.

Appellees' motion to dismiss is sustained and the appeal is dismissed.

NOTE. — Reported in 177 N.E.2d 665.


Summaries of

Bowers v. Thornburg

Supreme Court of Indiana
Nov 22, 1961
242 Ind. 272 (Ind. 1961)
Case details for

Bowers v. Thornburg

Case Details

Full title:BOWERS ET AL. v. THORNBURG ET AL

Court:Supreme Court of Indiana

Date published: Nov 22, 1961

Citations

242 Ind. 272 (Ind. 1961)
177 N.E.2d 665

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