Augusta Sugar Co. v. Haley

The only question involved in this appeal is whether the plaintiff has abandoned this suit within the meaning of Act No. 107 of 1898 (Amending R. O. C. art. 3519), which declares that, whenever a plaintiff “shall at any time before obtaining final judgment allow five years to elapse without having taken any steps in the prosecution thereof, he shall be considered as having abandoned the same.”

I

The suit was filed October 10,1910, and the only active step which plaintiff has ever taken in the prosecution thereof has been to file a supplemental petition amending the original petition and…