Lowe v. Payne

Clark, Judge.

"Letter-of-the-law pecksniffery” is a juridical sin. Such charge is often aimed at appellate judges who regretfully find themselves by mandate of the law required to dismiss an appeal without consideration of the merits.

In every matter coming to this court we are required to examine the record to make certain we possess jurisdiction. "[I]t is the duty of this court to raise the question of its jurisdiction in all cases in which there may be any doubt as to the existence of such jurisdiction.” Stephenson v. Futch, 213 Ga. 247, 248 (98 SE2d 374). Even where, as here, no dismissal…