OPINION
SEARS, Justice.
The central issue in this appeal is whether an unverified, prematurely filed motion to reinstate is equivalent to a motion for new trial for purposes of extending the time for perfecting an appeal. We hold it is not.
Appellant, plaintiff in the trial court, filed plaintiff's Original Petition in September, 1979. Although appellant set the case on the trial docket several times in 1981,
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