Etheridge v. Etheridge

Bowles, Justice.

Appeal is brought to this court from an order and judgment of the Superior Court of DeKalb County, Georgia, dismissing for want of prosecution, appellant’s case in that court which had been appealed from the Probate Court of DeKalb County.

The underlying facts indicate the will of Doris Etheridge was filed for probate in solemn form in the Probate Court of DeKalb County on January 24, 1977. Appellant filed a caveat to that proceeding, the matter was heard; the caveat denied; and judgment entered probating the will in solemn form on August 9,1977. On September 8, 1977, appellant…