Section 11-53-25 - Stale cases dismissed at cost of plaintiff

The clerk of any court shall move the court to dismiss any cause pending therein in which no step has been taken for the two terms preceding; and the court shall, unless good cause be shown to the contrary, dismiss the same at the costs of the plaintiff or complainant.Codes, 1857, ch. 61, art. 58; 1871, § 575; 1880, § 2373; 1892, § 874; 1906, § 951; Hemingway's 1917, § 660; 1930, § 667; 1942, § 1578.