Case Title: Nelson v. James

Citation: 435 So. 2d 1189

Docket Number: 

State: mississippi

Court: Mississippi Supreme Court

Date: 1983-08-10T00:00:00Z

Document:
435 So. 2d 1189 (1983) Ida NELSON, Pearlie G. Faulkner & William Nelson v. Isaac JAMES. No. 54338. Supreme Court of Mississippi. August 10, 1983. Angelo J. Dorizas, Jackson, for appellants. *1190 Sumners, Hickman & Rayburn, Richard C. Coker, S.T. Rayburn, Oxford, for appellee. Before WALKER, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ. DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court: This is a certification case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Pursuant to Mississippi Supreme Court Rule 46, the facts as shown in the certification from the Fifth Circuit are as follows: Question certified: Mississippi Code Annotated § 15-1-49 (1972) provides: Appellant relies on Parkman v. Mississippi State Highway Commission, 250 So. 2d 637 (Miss. 1971), which involved the method of computation of time within which an appeal may be taken. The rationale extended there seems very persuasive of the fact that where the courthouse is closed by law, such a period is not to be counted in determining the time in which appeal may be taken. The Court held: 86 C.J.S., Time § 14(9) (1954), in discussing the issue, provides in part: We might further note that the text is in accord with Miss.R.Civ.P. 6(a) that became effective January 1, 1982,[1] which is as follows: Because there apparently has been no construction of section 15-1-49 as sought in the case at bar, this Court believes certification of this question should be accepted for a determination. Therefore, the question certified The answer is "Yes" it was timely filed. PATTERSON, C.J., WALKER and BROOM, P.JJ., and ROY NOBLE LEE, BOWLING, HAWKINS, PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ., concur. [1] Not in effect at the time of the filing in this case, August 17, 1981, nevertheless considered in order to provide more consistent and orderly precedent.