Case Name: BABB v. COOK
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1971-10-01
Citations: 124 Ga. App. 823
Docket Number: 46421
Parties: BABB v. COOK.
Judges: Bell, C. J., Jordan, P. J., Eberhardt, Pannell and Been, JJ., concur. Hall, P. J., and Evans, J., dissent. Whitman, J., not participating.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 124
Pages: 823–825

Head Matter:
46421.
BABB v. COOK.

Opinion:
Quillian, Judge.
The instant notice of appeal was docketed on May 21, 1971, and the enumeration of errors was filed on June 17, 1971, which was not within the time prescribed and no mo tion for an extension was made before the expiration of such time. See Court of Appeals Rule 13 (111 Ga. App. 883, 888) as amended (112 Ga. App. 897; 113 Ga. App. 889; 118 Ga. App. 869).
Submitted September 13, 1971
Decided October 1, 1971
Rehearing denied November 12, 1971
Eva L. Sloan, for appellant.
Robert H. Herndon, for appellee.
After the expiration of the time for filing the enumeration of errors, a motion for extension was filed containing an affidavit by a physician which stated: that counsel for appellant was admitted to Baldwin County Hospital June 4, 1971; that she was suffering from acute gout arthritis which has required heavy sedation. From this affidavit we are unable to determine whether counsel was so incapacitated as to be unable to request an extension within the time required. See Thomas v. State, 118 Ga. App. 748 (165 SE2d 477). There being no facts shown sufficient to meet the test of providential cause (see the definition contained in Gardner v. State, 117 Ga. App. 262, 264 (160 SE2d 271)), the appeal is
Dismissed.
Bell, C. J., Jordan, P. J., Eberhardt, Pannell and Been, JJ., concur. Hall, P. J., and Evans, J., dissent. Whitman, J., not participating.