(DOWNLOAD) "Schroeder v. Urban" by Supreme Court of Kansas ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Schroeder v. Urban
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 19, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by Do the appellate courts have jurisdiction to hear this appeal?
The Court of Appeals dismissed for want of jurisdiction and we
granted review. The jurisdictional question is the only issue we
will decide in this case. On February 23, 1987, the district court of Thomas County
entered judgment against the Urbans, defendants and now
appellants. The attorney who represented the Urbans at trial
notified them of the judgment, and also declined to represent
them on any appeal. On March 23, 1987, 28 days after the entry of
judgment, the trial judge granted the defendants an additional 30
days to take their appeal. The ruling was made during a
conference call between the judge and counsel for both plaintiffs
and defendants, and was journalized on the same day. At that
time, the Urbans were snowbound in their rural home, and had been
unable to secure counsel to take their appeal. Within the 30-day
extension, the Urbans secured new counsel and on April 22,
[242 Kan. 711]