Terrence Wilson v. Gateway One Lending & Finance, LLC

• Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Decided: May 25, 2017
• Docket: A17A1672
• Status: Published

Opinion

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________ May 23, 2017

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A17A1672. TERRENCE WILSON v. GATEWAY ONE LENDING & FINANCE, LLC.

Defendant Terrence Wilson appeals the state court’s order granting the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and awarding the plaintiff $6,603.03 in principal, $434.54.00 in interest, $728.45.00 in attorney fees, and court costs in this contract dispute. We lack jurisdiction. “Although the grant of a motion for summary judgment is in general directly appealable, where the amount of the judgment is $10,000 or less, an application for discretionary appeal is required.” Ca-Shar, Inc. v. McKesson Corp., 204 Ga. App. 865, 865 (420 SE2d 810) (1992) (punctuation omitted); see also OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (6). As the total judgment in favor of the plaintiff is for less than $10,000, the entry of summary judgment provides no basis for a direct appeal in this case. See Ca-Shar, Inc., supra at 865-866. Because Wilson failed to follow the required procedure, we lack jurisdiction to consider his appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED. See Jennings v. Moss, 235 Ga. App. 357 (509 SE2d 655) (1998).

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 05/23/2017 I certify that the above is a true extract from the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia. Witness my signature and the seal of said court hereto affixed the day and year last above written.

, Clerk.