Case Title: Mountain West Bank v Western Skys

Citation: 2008 MT 54

Docket Number: 9d30397d-96da-496a-b023-e11faca875da

State: montana

Court: Montana Supreme Court

Date: 2008-02-13T00:00:00Z

Document:
FILED
February 132008

No. DA 08-0063

 

 

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

2008 MT $4

MOUNTAIN WEST BANK, N.A.,
Plaintiff and Appellee,

OPINION
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ORDER

WESTERN SKYS LTD. CO., TAMI ELLIS, DIRK ELLIS,
‘STRAWHOUSE MARKET, INC. and JOHN DOES.
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WESTERN SKYS LTD,, CO., TAMI ELLIS, DIRK ELLIS,
‘and STRAWHOUSE MARKET, INC,,

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{1 Western Skys Lid. Co., Tami Ellis, Dirk Ellis and Strawhouse Market, Inc.,

 

through their counsel, have petitioned the Court to file an out of time appeal as provided
by M.R. App. P. 4(6).

$2 Counsel cites asthe reason thatthe appeal was not timely filed is thatthe notice of
appeal was mistakenly sent to the Clerk of the District Court in Lewis & Clark County,

rather than to the office of the Clerk of this Court as is required by M.R. App. P. 4(2)(a.

 

When counsel discovered the error afler being contacted by the Lewis & Clark County
Cletk of the District Court and the Clerk of this Court, the time within to file an appeal

hhad expired,
{8 MLR. App. P. 4(6) provides that an out of time appeal will only be allowed in the
infrequent harsh case under extraordinary circumstances amounting to a gross
miscarriage of justice, and that extraordinary circumstances do not include mere mistake,
inadvertence or excusable neglect.

$4 We conclude that the petition does not meet the requirements of M. R. App. P.

 

46).

45 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the petition to file an out of time
appeal must be, and is hereby, DENIED.

{6 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall mail a copy of this,
Onder to all counsel of record.

DATED this [23 ~ day of February 2008.

 

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