Mcdonald v. Garden Services, Inc.

We granted certiorari to consider the affirmance by the Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, of the dismissal of Dorothy McDonald’s appeal for failure to make timely payment of costs. McDonald v. Garden Services, Inc., 163 Ga. App. 851 (295 SE2d 551) (1982).

McDonald was injured while visiting Callaway Gardens, and in January of 1981 filed suit in Harris Superior Court against Garden Services, Inc., a subsidiary of the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation. In November 1981 Garden Services moved for summary judgment, which was granted on December 21, 1981, and on December 30 McDonald filed a timely…