Lankford v. Karkotsky

Sognier, Judge.

Appellants, various members of the Lankford family, filed suit against appellee Karkotsky in the Superior Court of DeKalb County. Counsel for appellants announced ready for trial at the calendar call but when the case came on regularly for trial, counsel for appellants stated that he was not prepared to go forward with the trial. The trial court, after learning from its calendar clerk of discrepancies in the excuse offered by counsel for appellants, dismissed appellants’ cáse with prejudice for failure to prosecute. Appellants’ motion to set aside the order of dismissal with…