Leach v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company

McMurray, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the dismissal with prejudice of a civil action. The order dismissing the case reads as follows: “The above case having come on regularly for trial on August 15, 1983, after having been published as provided by law, and no appearance having been made, the plaintiff’s complaint in the above action is hereby ordered and adjudged, dismissed with prejudice for want of prosecution pursuant to OCGA § 9-11-41 (b) upon motion duly made by counsel of record for the defendant at the call of said case for trial.” Held:

Previously, under former Code Ann. §…