Dowdy v. White

Hall, Presiding Judge.

Propounder appeals from the judgment of the superior court (following an appeal to a jury trial from the ordinary’s final order on a caveat) on the grounds that the appeal from the ordinary was not filed within the prescribed time and should have been dismissed.

A hearing on the caveat was held before the ordinary on July 1, 1968. He did not issue an order at that time but took the matter under advisement. The caveator’s lawyer made periodic inquiries concerning the status of the case. The final order admitting the will to probate was issued on September 25, 1968. No…