Simmerson v. Blanks

Carley, Judge.

Appellant-plaintiff’s complaint against appellee-defendant was filed in 1977. From May of 1979 until June of 1983, no order was entered in the action. Then, on June 16, 1983, the trial court entered an order which allowed appellant’s counsel to withdraw and which “further ordered that the above case is continued past the May term of court and that all matters in this case are continued for a reasonable length of time so that [appellant] may retain additional counsel.” This order of June 16, 1983, was entered without appellant having made a written motion for continuance and…