Kelly v. Dawson County

BENHAM, Justice.

This appeal is from the trial court’s order dismissing an appeal pursuant to OCGA § 5-6-48 (c) for delay in filing a transcript. Appellant Linda Moore Kelly filed a timely notice of appeal after an adverse judgment in a quia timet action she had instituted to establish her ownership of certain property. When no transcript had been filed within 30 days as required by OCGA § 5-6-42, two of the appellees filed a motion to dismiss. After a hearing, the trial court entered an order finding the four-day delay in causing a transcript to be filed and the seventy-four- day delay in…