Rutherford v. Tidwell

Jordan, Judge.

“Where delay of the clerk of the trial court to prepare and certify a transcript of the record within the time prescribed by statute is not caused by his own laches, but by the active interposition of counsel for the plaintiff in error. . . . the writ of error will be dismissed. Farrar v. Oglesby, 84 Ga. 188 (11 S. E. 133).” Black v. Columbia Phonograph Co., 52 Ga. App. 48 (182 S. E. 73). See Article 6, Section 2, Paragraph 5 of the Constitution of 1945 (Code Ann. § 2-3705); Butler v. Rich’s Inc., 81 Ga. App. 20 (57 S. E. 2d 710).

Decided April 5, 1961 Rehearing denied April 25,…