Opinion ID: 1662677
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: The Appeal in the Original Case.

Text: Earlier in the opinion, we stated that the notice of appeal from the June 14, 1974 order in the original case was taken on July 25, 1974, but had never been perfected. This fact is no part of the instant appeal on the injunction question, but we feel constrained to comment on it. The appeal in the original case should settle most of the questions in this litigation, but Moody has evidently sought to try his case in this court piecemeal in a succession of requests for extraordinary writs. The suits in other jurisdictions previously listed were also filed after the appeal was taken. At an extraordinary hearing on January 22, 1975, a member of this court asked counsel for Moody when the transcript of the record of the appeal on the original case would be filed in this court. The answer was that it should be here in about thirty days. Later, at an extraordinary hearing in April, 1975, new counsel represented Moody and the question was asked again when the transcript could be expected and the same reply in about thirty days was given. We considered then and still consider that the answer given by counsel on both occasions were made in good faith. Counsel answering the second time withdrew from the case soon thereafter. In August, 1975, motions to dismiss the appeal were filed but the motions were denied. One of the reasons for the denial was that nowhere was there any writing by this court that attempted to list the harassing and delaying tactics employed by Moody. We have not listed all of them here but we have tried to mention most of them. We did not want to put him in a position to go to some other jurisdiction, either state or federal, with the complaint that this court had denied him an appeal by dismissing his appeal in the most important of all suits. But now, in this opinion, we have tried to give a sufficient account of the many maneuvers that have taken place in this litigation, and a sufficient compilation of events to counter any claim of summary denial of Moody's rights to be heard and to have his appeal decided. We do not intend to be as lenient in the future as we have been in the past, regardless of the changes in counsel. The record in the original case must be filed within a reasonable time of the publication of this opinion. The order and injunction issued by Judge Barber, dated January 6, 1975, is due to be, and is, affirmed. AFFIRMED. HEFLIN, C. J., and MADDOX, JONES and SHORES, JJ., concur.