Case Name: Keplinger v. Ward et al.
Court: Appellate Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1946-03-28
Citations: 116 Ind. App. 517
Docket Number: No. 17,436
Parties: Keplinger v. Ward et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 116
Pages: 517–521

Head Matter:
Keplinger v. Ward et al.
[No. 17,436.
Opinion Suspending Appeal Filed January 11, 1946. Opinion on Merits.
Filed March 28, 1946.]
Allen & Allen, of South Bend, for appellant.
Lewis W. Hammond, of South Bend, for appellees.

Opinion:
OPINION.SUSPENDING APPEAL
Flanagan, C. J.
The only assignment of error not waived by appellant is, "The court erred in overruling appellant's amended motion for. a new trial."
But the amended motion for a new trial was not filed until 56 days after the finding and judgment of the trial court. Having been filed too late it was a nullity. It did not take out the original motion and the court's ruling on it presents no question for consideration. Berning v. Scheuman (1942), 111 Ind. App. 156, 40 N. E. (2d) 1005.
An examination of the transcript discloses that the original motion for a new trial was filed in time but that the trial court has not ruled on it. Both appellant and appellees have briefed the questions which would be presented by the overruling of said motion. Therefore, if the trial court so rules no further briefing here is necessary. But if the trial court sustains the motion this appeal should be dismissed.
It is therefore ordered that consideration of this appeal be suspended until disposition is made of the original motion for a new trial in the trial court, and the clerk of that court is ordered to certify here any such proceedings.
Note. — Reported in 64 N. E. (2d) 307.