Moring v. Dunne

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• \[T]he mere neglect or mistake of the appellant or his counsel is not considered a sufficient excuse for failure to file a timely appeal.\
• although death of appellant’s attorney may have qualified as a non-negligent circumstance, appellant failed to prove that he attempted to appeal on time but was precluded from doing so as a result of receiving late notice of his attorney’s death
• although death of appellant’s attorney may have qualified as a non-negligent circumstance, appellant failed to prove that he attempted to appeal on time but was precluded from doing so as a result of receiving late notice of his attorney’s death
• although death of appellant’s attorney may have qualified as a non-negligent circumstance, appellant failed to prove that he attempted to appeal on time but was precluded from doing so as a result of receiving late notice of his attorney’s death
• death of appellant’s attorney does not constitute non-negligent happenstance
• death of appellant's attorney does not constitute non-negligent happenstance

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