Legal Opinion
Dehco, Inc. v. State Highway Department
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 12, 1978No. 56097PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Chief Judge.
In this condemnation proceeding which was commenced in May of 1966, an order of continuance was entered on July 15, 1969. The next order was entered on March 2,1978, in which the trial court held that the case had been dismissed by operation of law, as no written order had been entered for a period in excess of five years.
Argued June 26, 1978 Decided September 12, 1978 Rehearing denied October 12, 1978
The condemnee has appealed. Held:
In State Hwy. Dept. v. Union Oil Co., 129 Ga. App. 596 (200 SE2d 301), we held that the five-year automatic dismissal rule in Code Ann. § 3-512…
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