Supreme Court of Georgia, 1897

Harrison v. Tate

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided January 21, 1897 · Atkinson

100 Ga. 317; 27 S.E. 179; 1897 Ga. LEXIS 49

Cases that cite this one

5 later published cases cite this decision.

Kinney v. Miller (Ga. Ct. App. 1966)
Carolina Tree Service, Inc. v. Cartledge (Ga. Ct. App. 1957)
Brooks v. Brooks (Ga. 1932)
Shore v. Brown (Ga. Ct. App. 1917)
Southern Railway Co. v. Empire Printing & Box Co. (Ga. 1904)

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Opinion of the Court

Atkinson, J.

The discretion of the trial judge in reinstating at the -same term of its dismissal a case which had been -dismissed because of a want of prosecution will not be controlled, unless it h-as been manifestly abused. Under the facts of the present case, the discretion of the co-ur't was not improperly exercised..

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring. 'Harrison & Peeples, for plaintiffs in error. Anderson, Felder & Davis, contra.

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