Court Opinion

ID: 9761801
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 01:54:45.565034+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:26.483109
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Ed. P. MoFaddin, Associate Justice (dissenting). The Majority Opinion says: “Two issues are raised on this appeal. One, is there an appealable order? Two, is Act 101 of 1963 constitutional as appellant seeks to apply it to the facts of this case?” The Majority Opinion then proceeds to decide both points. 1 never reach the second point because I am thoroughly convinced that there is no appealable order in the record in this case. Here is the order (copied in full) from which the appeal was attempted to be taken: ‘ ‘ Comes on for hearing the Special Appearance and Motion to Quash of Schwayder Brothers, Inc. and upon hearing before the Court, arguments and briefs of counsel and other matters appearing before the Court, it is BY THE COURT CONSIDERED, ORDERED, AND ADJUDG-ED that the attempted retroactive application of Act 101 of the Acts of Arkansas for 1963, relating to service of summons on non-resident defendants is unconstitutional and void; that no sufficient service has been made on Schwayder Brothers, Inc.; that this Court is without jurisdiction as to Schwayder Brothers, Inc.; that Special Appearance and Motion to Quash of Schwayder Brothers, Inc. be and the same is hereby granted and the purported Summons and purported service thereof on Schwayder Brothers, Inc. be and same is hereby vacated, quashed, set aside and held for naught; that the exceptions of defendant Safeway Stores, Iixcorporated be and the same are hereby specifically preserved.” There was never any statement by the appellant that it stood on the above order; and there was never any order of dismissal. In short, 1 find no final order from which an appeal could be taken. The case of Robberson v. Steele Canning Co., 233 Ark. 988, 349 S.W. 2d 814, involved an order quashing service of summons, just as in the case at bar; and we held in Robberson v. Steele Canning Company that the order quashing the service was not final and appealable. I cannot distinguish that case from the case at bar. The decision in Bobberson v. Steele was not new law; it followed previous decisions of this Court. See Harlow v. Mason, 117 Ark. 360, 174 S.W. 1163; and Yocum v. Okla. Tire & Supply Co., 191 Ark. 1126, 89 S.W. 2d 919. I see no reason to depart from these cases. In Nunez v. O.K. Processors, 238 Ark. 346, 381 S.W. 2d 754, we allowed the appellaxxts to go back to the Tidal Coxxrt and obtain a final order so tlxe case would xxot have to be rebriefed. Ixx the ease at bar, we are not even requirixxg that to be done. I xnaixxtaixx that there is no final axxd appealable order in the case at bar axxd therefore I dissexxt from the Majoxdty holding oix that poixxt. I never reach the second poixxt.