Opinion ID: 1771386
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: conclusion

Text: The trial court erred in determining that a motion filed after the expiration of the limitations period for filing an appeal can toll the running of that limitations period. Jordan's motion was filed after the seven-day limitations period of § 12-22-21(3), Ala.Code 1975, had expired. Therefore, Jordan's notice of appeal was untimely, and the trial court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction to review the case. We reverse the interlocutory order denying the Flannigans' motion to dismiss the appeal and remand the case for the trial court to dismiss the appeal in accordance with this opinion. REVERSED AND REMANDED. HOUSTON, SEE, LYONS, BROWN, JOHNSTONE, HARWOOD, and STUART, JJ., concur. WOODALL, J., concurs in the result.