Broadwater v. City of Danville

Benham, Judge.

Appellant landowner filed an appeal in the Superior Court of Wilkinson County from the award of a special master in a condemnation proceeding. The matter was placed upon the trial calendar, and when counsel for appellee announced ready for trial and neither appellant nor his counsel appeared for announcement, the trial court granted appellee’s motion to dismiss appellant’s appeal for want of prosecution. Appellate review of the dismissal and of the failure of the trial court to reinstate the case to the trial calendar is now sought by appellant.

On January 5, 1987, the day of the…