Court Opinion

ID: 9770156
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 15:52:18.048296+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:37:15.652420
License: Public Domain

W.H. “Dub” Arnold, Chief Justice. dissenting. I agree with the majority agree with the majority that the abstract in this case is so flagrantly deficient, as it was submitted, that this Court would never have been able to reach the merits of the case due to the fact that material parts of the pleadings, proceedings, facts, documents, and other matters in the record necessary to an understanding of all questions presented to the Court for decision were not abstracted. However, I believe that because appellant made some very compelling arguments on appeal, an affirmance of the trial court based upon a deficient abstract is unduly harsh, as the appellant will lose his right to an appeal on the merits of the case because of mistakes made in the preparation of the abstract. Therefore, pursuant to Rule 4-2(b)(3) of the Rules of the Supreme Court, I believe the Court should allow appellant’s attorney time to revise his brief, at his own expense, to conform to Rule 4-2(a)(6). Upon the filing of such a substituted brief by the appellant, I believe the Court should then afford the appellee an opportunity to revise or supplement the brief, at the expense of appellant’s counsel.