Majors v. Lewis

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Although it may have been mailed out to counsel, a printed document entitled "Pretrial Instructions” and labeled "Form 1-73,” giving instructions for matter to be included in the order taken at a pre-trial hearing, is not a "written order... taken” within the meaning of Code Ann. § 81A-141 (e) providing that any suit in which no written order is taken for a period of five years shall automatically stand dismissed. It is true that the form ends with the printed words "By Order of Judge John S. Langford,” but it is unsigned, and the words obviously refer to an order…