1. The defendant's appeal is dismissed.

2. The costs of appeal shall be borne by the Defendant.

Purport of claim and appeal

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1. Whether a subsequent appeal is lawful;

A. Inasmuch as an original copy of the judgment was served by public notice according to the order of the presiding judge, even if it did not meet the requirements, the service thereof remains effective, and the above judgment becomes final and conclusive formally with the lapse of the appeal period. The propriety of an appeal to the above judgment ought to separately determine whether the failure to observe the appeal period is due to any cause for which the appellant is not responsible (see, e.g., Supreme Court Decision 2001Da3039, Jul. 27, 2001). “Grounds for which a party cannot be responsible” under Article 173(1) of the Civil Procedure Act refers to the grounds for failure to comply with the period, notwithstanding the due care to perform procedural acts, by which the parties were unable to serve as an attorney at the place where the lawsuit was served by public notice, or by public notice, at the place where the lawsuit was served by public notice, at the first 6th day of pleading or at the 15th day of pleading, regardless of whether the parties were unable to comply with such notice (see, e.g., Supreme Court Decision 10608Du14).