Case Name: Driskoll v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1933-12-15
Citations: 48 Ga. App. 124
Docket Number: 23444
Parties: Driskoll v. The State.
Judges: Broyles, C. J., and Guerry, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 48
Pages: 124–124

Head Matter:
23444.
Driskoll v. The State.
Decided December 15, 1933.
E. J. Summerour, S. T. Wingfield Jr., W. W. Walker, for plaintiff in error.
G. S. Baldwin, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
MacIntyre, J.
1. "This court has no jurisdiction of a case, civil or criminal, unless the bill of exceptions is filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court within fifteen days after its certification by the trial judge. Civil Code (1910), § 6167. A delinquency in this respect, being jurisdictional, can not be waived." Johnson v. Atlanta, 9 Ga. App. 302, King v. State, 169 Ga. 15 (2).
2. It appearing from the record in this case that the bill of exceptions was not filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court within fifteen days from the date of the certificate of the trial judge, this court is without jurisdiction.
Writ of error dismissed.
Broyles, C. J., and Guerry, J., concur.