Brackett v. Sebastian

1. This case is controlled hy the decision in Brown v. Seals, 17 Ga. App. 4 (86 S. E. 277), in which it was held that “The premature dismissal of a petition for certiorari is not cause for reversal, where the petition was presented in renewal of a dismissed petition for certiorari more than six months after the dismissal of the prior petition.” The above-cited ease and the case under consideration are both distinguishable from Brown v. Smith, 24 Ga. 418, in which it was held that “It is error in the court to hear and determine a certiorari six months before the term to which by law it is…