Court Opinion

ID: 9676319
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 05:21:48.010726+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:47.437513
License: Public Domain

Tom Glaze, Justice, dissenting. I dissent. The majority has dismissed this appeal based on an issue it raised sua sponte — i.e., the fact that Seidenstricker Farms did not properly preserve its “prevailing party” argument for appeal. However, neither the appellant nor the appellee raised or addressed the issue of the interplay between Ark. R. Civ. P. 60(a) and the “deemed denied” rule in Ark. R. App. P. — Civ. 4(b). I would give the parties an opportunity to consider and address these issues before dismissing the appeal out of hand.