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ARK.] 353 MEDICAL AND DENTAL CREDIT BUREAU, INC. v. LAKE HAMILTON CAMP AND CONFERENCE GROUNDS 86-161 724 S.W.2d 477 Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered March 2, 1987 [Supplemental Opinion on Denial of Rehearing April 20, 1987.] APPEAL & ERROR - SUMMARY JUDGMENT IS INTERLOCUTORY ORDER, NOT FINAL ORDER. - The denial of a summary judgment is deemed an interlocutory order and not a final order from which an appeal can be taken. [Ark. R. App. P. 2.] Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Walter G. Wright, Judge; dismissed. Hobbs, Longinotti, Bosson & Naramore, by: Richard W. Hobbs, for appellant. No brief filed. ROBERT H. DUDLEY, Justice. The appellant, Medical and Dental Credit Bureau, Inc. held a judgment against a debtor and attempted to collect the judgment by causing a writ of garnish-ment to be issued against appellee. Appellee answered. Appellant moved for summary judgment contending that the appellee's answer to the garnishment proceeding was not verified. See Ark. Stat. Ann. ยง 31-506 (Repl. 1962). The trial court denied the motion for summary judgment. Appellant seeks to appeal from that denial. We dismiss the appeal. [1] It is well settled that the denial of a summary judgment is deemed an interlocutory order and not a final order from which an appeal may be taken. Rule 2, Rules of Appellate Procedure; Bawcom v. Allis-Chalmers Credit Corp., 256 Ark. 569, 508 S.W.2d 741 (1974). Dismissed.
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