Berry v. Siskin

Clark, Judge.

This appeal involves a dismissal by the trial court of a case in which no written order had been taken for a period of more than five years. Appellant’s attorney acknowledges the suit was governed by the automatic dismissal provisions of Code Ann. § 3-512 as of the date it was filed on April 13, 1966. He argues, however, that inclusion of this section among those sections designated in the blanket specific repealer section in the Civil Practice Act of 1966 where it appears as § 81A-201 (c) created a new five-year period despite the simultaneous re-enactment of its provisions as §…