Ryland Enterprise, Inc. v. Weatherspoon

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• holding that a court will look to the contents of the document and not merely the title giving to the motion
• holding that a pleading styled as a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict could be construed as a motion to modify judgment, because “courts should acknowledge the substance of the relief sought despite the formal styling of the pleading”
• repeating well-settled principle that we construe rules of appellate procedure liberally to preserve right of appeal on the merits
• “[C]ourts should acknowledge the substance of the relief sought despite the formal styling of the pleading . . . .”
• “[C]ourts should acknowledge the substance of the relief sought despite the formal styling of the pleading....”
• premature motion for new trial is effective as to later-signed judgment to the degree the motion complains of error in that judgment

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