Ewing v. Whitehead

The Supreme Court of Georgia has repeatedly held that “in the absence of providential cause, the appellant failed to perfect his appeal by not filing his enumeration of errors within 10 days and that the case must be dismissed.” The latest expression on this point is in the decision in Hart v. Radney, 224 Ga. 686 (164 SE2d 128).

Judge Whitman, in the recent case of Gardner v. State, 117 Ga. App. 262, 264 (160 SE2d 271), stated “providential cause includes such acts only as may be attributed to an act of God.” In Evans ,& Pennington v. Nail, 7 Ga. App. 129, 136 (66 SE 543), Judge Russell…