Court Opinion

ID: 9860367
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 23:19:45.654495+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:21:35.541485
License: Public Domain

PEDERSON, Justice,
concurring specialty-
Paraphrasing what Justice Vogel wrote in State v. Haakenson, 213 N.W.2d 394, 399 (N.D.1973), the only traps for the unwary on the road to the appellate courthouse that should not be eliminated are: (1) the matter is first raised in the trial court, and (2) there be a valid appeal from the judgment. In agreeing with Justice Vande Walle, I would not want anyone to think that I agree to removing trap number (2).
An appeal from a judgment must be filed in order to be a valid appeal, but if the failure to file is the result of action contributed to by court officials, I think that fair play requires that an exception be made.