Case Name: Mrs. Russell L. MERRITT et al v. J. W. Merritt et al
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1978-05-08
Citations: 263 Ark. 432
Docket Number: 77-357
Parties: Mrs. Russell L. MERRITT et al v. J. W. Merritt et al
Judges: Harris, C.J., and Byrd and Howard, JJ.
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 263
Pages: 432–432

Head Matter:
Mrs. Russell L. MERRITT et al v. J. W. Merritt et al
77-357
565 S.W. 2d 603
Opinion delivered May 8, 1978
(Division II)
[Rehearing denied June 12, 1978.]
Eugene J. Mazzanli, for appellants.
Charles A. Walls, Jr., for appellees.

Opinion:
Darrell Hickman, Justice.
This appeal is affirmed because we find the abstract of the record to be flagrantly deficient in violation of Rule 9(e)(2). The appellants did not abstract any of the trial records or testimony in their brief. The appellees abstracted some of the testimony. However, if can be safely said the evidence abstracted by the appellees is favorable to their position. The appellants apologized in their reply brief for not complying with Rule 9 and offered an abstract of the records and testimony. However, an abstract in the appellants' reply brief is improper. We recently affirmed a case for a similar violation of Rule 9. Weston v. Ponder, 263 Ark. 370, 565 S.W. 2d 31 (1978).
Affirmed.
We agree.
Harris, C.J., and Byrd and Howard, JJ.