Moritz v. Preiss

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• concluding that court of appeals erred in considering appellant’s contention that trial court abused its discretion in denying untimely amended motion for new trial
• concluding that court of appeals erred in considering appellant’s contention that trial court abused its discretion in denying untimely amended motion for new trial
• holding that “Rule 5 prohibits a trial court from enlarging the period for taking action under the rules relating to new trials”
• holding that amended motion for new trial must be filed within the same thirty days of judgment or it preserves nothing for review
• holding that an amended motion for new trial filed before the first motion was overruled but more than thirty days after judgment was signed does not preserve complaints for appeal
• holding that an untimely motion for new trial “is a nullity,” by and large

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