Merritt v. Merritt

Supreme Court of Arkansas
Merritt v. Merritt, 263 Ark. 432 (Ark. 1978)
565 S.W.2d 603; 1978 Ark. LEXIS 2014
Byrd, Harris, Hickman, Howard

Merritt v. Merritt

Opinion of the Court

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

This appeal is affirmed because we find the abstract of the record to be flagrantly deficient in violation of Rule 9(e)(2). The appellants did not abstract any of the trial records or testimony in their brief. The appellees abstracted some of the testimony. However, if can be safely said the evidence abstracted by the appellees is favorable to their position. The appellants apologized in their reply brief for not complying with Rule 9 and offered an abstract of the records and testimony. However, an abstract in the appellants’ reply brief is improper. We recently affirmed a case for a similar violation of Rule 9. Weston v. Ponder, 263 Ark. 370, 565 S.W. 2d 31 (1978).

Affirmed.

We agree.

Harris, C.J., and Byrd and Howard, JJ.

Reference

Full Case Name
Mrs. Russell L. MERRITT v. J. W. Merritt
Cited By
6 cases
Status
Published