Langdale Co. v. Langdale

Ellington, Judge.

The Langdale companies 1 appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Lowndes County dismissing the companies’ notice of appeal. The Langdale companies contend the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing the appeal, arguing that, under the totality of the circumstances, the 64-day delay in paying its bill of costs was neither unreasonable nor inexcusable. We disagree and affirm.

A trial court may dismiss an appeal, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, “where there has been an unreasonable delay in the transmission of the record to the appellate court, and it…