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SALTER v. CHATHAM COUNTY

51493.

136 Ga. App. 914 (1975)

222 S.E.2d 638

SALTER v. CHATHAM COUNTY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 18, 1975.

Rehearing Denied December 4, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Falligant, Karsman, Kent & Toporek, Martin Kent, for appellant.

James M. Thomas, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

1. It is now firmly established that the "automatic dismissal" rule in Code § 3-512 means that the expiration of five years after the taking of the last written order renders the litigation entirely lifeless for all purposes. We quote from Milam v. Mojonnier Bros. Co., 135 Ga.App. 208, 210 (217 S.E.2d 355) as the...

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