Collins v. Methvin

COOKS, Judge.

The sole issue before us concerns whether the plaintiffs abandoned their lawsuit by failure to take any steps to prosecute it for a period of five (5) years. The trial court ruled the action abandoned and dismissed plaintiffs’ suit. We reverse.

G. Rheese Collins, Doris Collins Cranford and Andrew J. Cranford filed suit in 1983 *314seeking past due rent and damages from defendants. Following trial on June 18, 1984, the judge rendered a written opinion partially in plaintiffs’ favor recognizing their entitlement to receive $15,000.00 in past due rent from the defendants, plus interest…