Gorlin v. First National Bank

In my view this is an instance wherein local court rules are inconsistent with the provisions of the Civil Practice Act (CPA) as to notice requirements. The notice is supposedly supplied by local court rule, that is, by advertising the trial calendar in the official organ of the county.

The case sub judice is based solely on Rockmart Bank v. Beck, 129 Ga. App. 457 (199 SE2d 907), wherein this court held that publication of the trial calendar in the official organ of the county was sufficient notice to the parties of the pending trial. At this time we have several pending cases involving this…