¶1concurring. I agree that this case must be affirmed because it is the law that the time for taking appeals from district court begins to run on the day a docket entry is made. That a docket entry denotes the rendering ofjudgment is perhaps owing to the relative informality associated with district court proceedings. However, I perceive an inherent unfairness in this rule where no provision is made for the litigants to be given notice that a mere docket entry has been made and that the time for appeal is running. I am thus somewhat sympathetic to appellants’ confusion where, as here, the district court also entered a formal judgment, and it was the only judgment about which they received notice. I consider this rule a trap for the unwary, and the rule should be changed so that the time for appeal begins to run when a written order is entered rather than when it is noted on the docket.
96 Ark. App. 114
239 S.W.3d 30
Lewis v. Robertson
Decided September 13, 2006
Court of Appeals of Arkansas · decided 2006-09-13
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