R. 9 apply to its appeal to circuit court, it complied with the Rule's requirement because its president, Michael Fendley, included a prayer for an appeal in his affidavit and complaint which were timely filed. Such arguments are unavailing. The Pace court was correct. That case involved a statutory seven-day limit to appeal an election contest. We held that the statute, rather than our rules, governed, because disputes related to elections must be resolved quickly in order that public offices may be filled and the people served.
Prolonged appeals run counter to that policy.
We note that, although Pike Avenue spends considerable time suggesting the Arkansas Rules of Procedure apply to this case, those rules apply only when the Inferior Court Rules do not covera situation. See Inferior Ct. Because Inferior Ct. R. 9 provides procedural guidelines for filing an appeal from an inferior court to circuit court, and the Rules of Civil Procedure do not, the Inferior Court Rules govern.