Case Name: WALKER v. WALKER
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1966-09-22
Citations: 222 Ga. 521
Docket Number: 23655
Parties: WALKER v. WALKER.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 222
Pages: 521–522

Head Matter:
23655.
WALKER v. WALKER.

Opinion:
Quillian, Justice.
The Appellate Practice Act of 1965, § 4 and 5 (Code Ann. § 6-802, 6-803; Ga. L. 1965, pp. 18, 20, 21, as amended, Ga. L. 1966, pp. 493, 495, 496), requires that an appeal to be held valid must be taken from an appealable decision or judgment of the trial court. Where, as in this case, the record discloses there is no judgment of the trial court of the date and description of that appealed from, the requirement of the statute is not met. Gibson v. Hodges, 221 Ga. 779 (147 SE2d 329). The omission is fatal; the appeal must be
Submitted September 15,1966
Decided September 22, 1966.
Stanley H. Nylen, for appellant.
Mildred L. Kingloff, for appellee.
Dismissed.
All the Justices concur.