Edward Jones v. C&O Auto Sales

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ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS  NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION  EN BANC  CA 07­761  DECEMBER 12, 2007  EDWARD JONES  APPELLANT  APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI  COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT  [NO. CV 06­10058]  V. HONORABLE RAYMOND C.  KILGORE, JUDGE  C&O AUTO SALES  APPELLEE  DISMISSED  Appellant, Edward Jones, appeals from the circuit court’s order denying his motion  for summary judgment. Because the denial of summary judgment is not a final, appealable  order as required by Arkansas Rule of Appellate Procedure–Civil 2 and Arkansas Rule of  Civil Procedure 54(b), we dismiss this appeal without prejudice.  In his complaint filed September 1, 2006, appellant contended that he purchased a  1989 Cadillac El Dorado from appellee; that this vehicle later was impounded by the Little  Rock Police Department; that, when he attempted to retrieve the vehicle, he was unable to  do so because the vehicle had not been registered; and that, when he went to register the  vehicle with the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, he was informed that the vehicle had two liens filed against it. Appellant sought damages for appellee’s failure to  deliver clear title and register his vehicle when it sold it to him.  Appellee filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. Subsequent pleadings were filed  by  the  parties,  and,  on  February  26,  2007,  appellant  moved  for  summary  judgment,  contending  that  appellee  had  admitted  to  selling  the  vehicle  to  him  illegally.  Appellee  responded, and after a hearing on appellant’s summary judgment motion, the court entered  an order denying summary judgment. Appellant then appealed that order.  Rule 2(a)(1)  of the Arkansas Rules of Appellate Procedure­Civil provides that an  appeal may be taken only from a final judgment or decree entered by the trial court. Arkansas  Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b) provides in relevant part:  [A]ny judgment, order, or other form of decision, however designated, which  adjudicates fewer than all of the claims or the rights and liabilities of fewer  than all the parties shall not terminate the action as to any of the claims or  parties,  and  the  judgment,  order,  or  other  form  of  decision  is  subject  to  revision at any time before the entry of judgment adjudicating all the claims  and the rights and liabilities of all of the parties.  Ark. R. Civ. P. 54(b)(2).  The denial of a motion for summary judgment is not an appealable order. See Fratesi  v. Fogleman,  72  Ark.  App. 1, 32 S.W.3d 38 (2000); see also Amalgamated Clothing &  Textile Workers Int’l Union v. Earle Indus., Inc., 318 Ark. 524, 886 S.W.2d 594 (1994);  Daniels v. Colonial Ins. Co., 314 Ark. 49, 857 S.W.2d 162 (1993).The question of whether  an order is final and subject to appeal is a jurisdictional question that this court will raise on  its own. Ver Weire v. CNA Fin. Corp., 92 Ark. App. 353, 213 S.W.3d 646 (2005); see also ­2­  Jones v. Huckabee, 363 Ark. 239, 213 S.W.3d 11 (2005); Moses v. Hanna’s Candle Co., 353  Ark. 101, 110 S.W.3d 725 (2003).  Here the denial of the summary judgment that appellant appeals from is not a final  order. Although a trial court may enter a final judgment, even in the absence of a resolution  of all claims, by including an appropriate certificate in its order as set forth in Ark. R. Civ.  P. 54(b)(1), a Rule 54(b) certification was not entered by the trial court in this case.  Therefore, this appeal is dismissed without prejudice and appellant’s pending motion  before this court to produce the docket is moot.  Appeal dismissed. ­3­ 

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