
    Elbert H. Stevens v. Joseph S. Dolan, Jr.
    
      Robert N. Schmals, for the appellee (defendant).
    
      Thomas F. Parker, for the appellant (plaintiff).
    Argued February 16
    decided February 16, 1978
   It appearing that the plaintiff in the above-entitled case has failed to prosecute his appeal from the Superior Court in Middlesex County with proper diligence, it is, under Practice Book ^ 696, ordered by the Supreme Court, suo motu, that the appeal be and hereby is dismissed.  