Opinion
47203.
SUBMITTED MAY 4, 1972.
DECIDED MAY 9, 1972. REHEARING DENIED JUNE 21, 1972.
Appellate procedure. Lowndes Superior Court. Before Judge Franklin.
King Phipps, Elliott Holden, for appellant.
Young, Young Ellerbee, F. Thomas Young, Walker, Yancey Gupton, Reuben H. Yancey, for appellees.
The judgment granting appellee's motion for summary judgment was dated and filed with the clerk of the superior court on February 22, 1972. The notice of appeal was filed on February 4, 1972. The decisions of the Supreme Court of Georgia require that the motion to dismiss the appeal be granted. Bonzheim v. Bonzheim, 227 Ga. 478 ( 181 S.E.2d 363); Benton v. Smith, 226 Ga. 722 ( 177 S.E.2d 228); Gibson v. Hodges, 221 Ga. 779 ( 142 S.E.2d 329).
Appeal dismissed. Hall, P. J., Pannell and Quillian, JJ., concur specially.
SUBMITTED MAY 4, 1972 — DECIDED MAY 9, 1972 — REHEARING DENIED JUNE 21, 1972.
In my opinion this appeal should not be dismissed. Chambliss v. Hall, 113 Ga. App. 96, 98 ( 147 S.E.2d 334); Crump v. Hill, 104 F.2d 36, 38. Nevertheless, this court is bound by the precedents established by the Supreme Court of Georgia. Code Ann. § 2-3708. The record shows a final judgment has been entered in the case. While an appellant is not prejudiced by the dismissal of a true interlocutory appeal ( Rockmart Finance Co. v. High, 118 Ga. App. 351 ( 163 S.E.2d 758)), a dismissal such as the one here forever bars a subsequent appeal from the final judgment.
Appellant contends that the Supreme Court's decision in Gibson v. Hodges, supra, was swept away by a 1968 amendment to the Appellate Practice Act. Code Ann. § 6-809 (d). I would agree; however, this court is bound by the Supreme Court's decision in Bonzheim and Benton, supra.
At the past session of the General Assembly, an Act was passed allowing a notice of appeal to be amended. It will not become effective however until July 1, 1972 Ga. L. 1972, p. 624.
We are bound by that which is stated in the per curiam opinion in the case sub judice, and therefore must concur in the dismissal of this appeal under the authority of Benton v. Smith, 226 Ga. 722 ( 177 S.E.2d 230).