Worth v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance

Benham, Judge.

A verdict was directed against appellant in a suit on a fire insurance policy, and this appeal followed.

1. Appellee, Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (“Georgia Farm”), raises the issue of an untimely appeal by contending that appellants incorrectly sought a new trial below instead of a direct appeal and that the lapse of time is fatal to their appeal. The principal cases relied upon by appellee in its motion to dismiss this appeal, Barber v. Barber, 157 Ga. 188 (121 SE 317) (1923), and Bridges v. Elrod, 216 Ga. 102 (2) (114 SE2d 874) (1960), do not, as appellee…