Court Opinion

ID: 9538683
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 07:39:38.092874+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:58:04.856978
License: Public Domain

Fromme, J.,
dissenting: Our cases under the 1963 code of civil procedure have held uniformly that an order granting a new trial is not an appealable order. To make an exception to the rule will add confusion to an otherwise simple area of procedure in the trial of cases. To say that an order granting a new trial is appealable as a matter of right when the jurisdiction of the trial court is challenged may well open the door to attempted appeal in every case.
This court must then determine when a valid jurisdictional question exists. Since this problem could well be settled on the authorities cited in the majority opinion I feel this court has taken the wrong fork in the road. An order granting a new trial should not be held an appealable order as a matter of right if the jurisdiction of the trial court is challenged. Such an appeal should be permitted only under K. S. A. 60-2102 (b) which permits intermediate appeal.