Opinion ID: 2273030
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Mooty's Testimony

Text: Lastly, Travis Lumber challenges Mooty's testimony concerning the alleged $15,000 payment to a Travis Lumber employee, alleging that it was improper under Arkansas Rule of Evidence 403. This argument, however, was not properly preserved for appellate review. As we have stated, the circuit court declined to offer a ruling on this argument at the pretrial hearing on Travis Lumber's motion in limine. The testimony was then elicited from Mooty at trial without an objection. It is well settled that to preserve a point for appeal, a proper objection must be asserted at the first opportunity. Barnes v. Everett, 351 Ark. 479, 491, 95 S.W.3d 740, 748 (2003). Moreover, failure to obtain a ruling from the trial court is a procedural bar to our consideration of an issue on appeal. Madden v. Aldrich, 346 Ark. 405, 425, 58 S.W.3d 342, 357 (2001). Accordingly, we are precluded from addressing the merits of this argument.