ITT Industrial Credit Co. v. Burnham

Shulman, Judge.

Defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s appeal was granted on the grounds that a trial transcript had not been filed within the 20-day limit of Code Ann. § 6-808. We affirm.

1. It is undisputed that because plaintiff failed to timely pay court costs, his trial transcript was filed three days late. When a transcript is not timely filed, it is within the authority of the trial court to dismiss an appeal for delay (Code Ann. § 6-809 (b)) if the court finds that such delay was both unreasonable and inexcusable. ITT Indus. Credit Co. v. Carpet Factory, Inc., 140 Ga. App. 204 (230…