Taylor v. Biba

Summary

The court held that an appeal from district court to circuit court is commenced when the appellant files a certified copy of the district court docket sheet, and that this filing—not strict compliance with every docket-sheet content requirement—vests jurisdiction in the circuit court. Because the appellant filed a certified docket sheet despite its omission of one answer, the circuit court erred by dismissing the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. The dismissal was reversed and the case remanded.