Legal Opinion
Dollar v. Webb
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 4, 1974No. 49669PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Judge.
The procedural rule to the effect that any suit in which no written order is taken for a period of five years "shall automatically stand dismissed,” formerly codified as Code Ann. § 3-512 and now as Code Ann. § 81A-141 (e) has no Federal counterpart. The meaning of an automatic dismissal has been considered in connection with other procedural rules. It was held in Hayes v. Simpson, 83 Ga. App. 22 (b) (62 SE2d 441) in connection with former demurrer practice that when a case stood automatically dismissed this meant that it was completely lifeless for all purposes from the date of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hayes v. SimpsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
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