Court Opinion

ID: 9580357
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:04:23.955433+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:36:14.070112
License: Public Domain

Judge CLARK
concurring.
I concur in the result because it more closely approximates the result that would be reached if the appeal should be dismissed. If dismissed, the case would return to the trial court unobstructed by the “judgment of default”; and if there is a trial and final judgment, the appellant could then appeal and challenge the various rulings of the trial court where exceptions have been made and preserved on appeal. The judgment appealed from is interlocutory and not appealable. I would not elect to consider the case on its merits. This Court should pursue a policy of strict adherence to the Rules of Appellate Procedure which are designed to prevent premature and fragmentary appeals.