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Johnson v. Smith

Citations

  • 885 S.W.2d 944
  • 1994 Ky. LEXIS 118
  • 1994 WL 587865

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Excepting for tardy appeals . . . we follow a rule of substantial compliance.”
  • “Excepting for tardy appeals . . . we follow a rule of substantial compliance.”
  • timely filing of notice of appeal is not jurisdictional but is matter of procedure
  • “The notices of appeal filed forthwith relate forward to the time when final judgment was entered disposing of post-judgment motions made by others.”
  • “Strictly speaking, the notice of appeal is not jurisdictional. It is a procedural device prescribed by the rules of the court by which a litigant may invoke the exercise of the inherent jurisdiction of the court as constitutionally delegated.”

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Judges: Lambert, Leibson, Only, Reynolds, Spain, Stephens, Stumbo, Wintersheimer

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