D. G. Machinery Gage Company v. Hardy

Full title: D. G. MACHINERY GAGE COMPANY v. HARDY et al

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Feb 26, 1969

166 S.E.2d 580 (Ga. Ct. App. 1969)

119 Ga. App. 194

Opinion

43458.

DECIDED FEBRUARY 26, 1969.

Appellate procedure. Fulton Civil Court. Before Judge Langford.

Fine Block, A. J. Block, Jr., for appellant.

Nall, Miller, Cadenhead Dennis, Robert E. Corry, Jr., for appellees.

HALL, Judge.

In D. G. Machinery Gage Co. v. Hardy, 118 Ga. App. 45 ( 162 S.E.2d 852), this court denied appellee's motion to dismiss the appeal, relying upon the 1968 amendment (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1072, 1074) to the Appellate Practice Act of 1965, and decided the case upon the merits. The Supreme Court reversed ( Hardy v. D. G. Machinery Gage Co.,) 224 Ga. 818 ( 165 S.E.2d 127)), citing Fahrig v. Garrett, 224 Ga. 817 ( 165 S.E.2d 126).

The judgment of this court is vacated, and the judgment of the Supreme Court is made the judgment of this court.

Appeal dismissed. Bell, P. J., and Quillian, J., concur. Hall, J., also concurs specially.

DECIDED FEBRUARY 26, 1969.

HALL, Judge, concurring specially.

Ours is not to reason why —

Ours is to dismiss the appeal Upon a technicality and sigh — "Fiat Justitia Ruat Coelum."