Case Name: ITT INDUSTRIAL CREDIT COMPANY v. CARPET FACTORY, INC. et al.
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1976-10-26
Citations: 140 Ga. App. 204
Docket Number: 52696
Parties: ITT INDUSTRIAL CREDIT COMPANY v. CARPET FACTORY, INC. et al.
Judges: Clark and Stolz, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 140
Pages: 204–205

Head Matter:
52696.
ITT INDUSTRIAL CREDIT COMPANY v. CARPET FACTORY, INC. et al.

Opinion:
Bell, Chief Judge.
In dismissing this appeal the trial court found that the delay in transmitting the record to this court was inexcusable but did not make a finding that the delay was unreasonable. The Supreme Court held in Young v. Climatrol &c. Corp., 237 Ga. 53 (226 SE2d 737) that the provision of the Appellate Practice Act authorizing the trial court to dismiss an appeal for delay (Code Ann. § 6-809 (b)), requires that two elements be present: One, that the delay was unreasonable and two, that it was inexcusable. Since no finding of unreasonableness was made, Young controls here and the judgment dismissing the appeal is reversed.
Argued September 22, 1976
Decided October 26, 1976.
Lewis N. Jones, for appellant.
Watson, Brown, Foster & Keller, John L. Watson, Jr., for appellees.
Judgment reversed.
Clark and Stolz, JJ., concur.