Verlette Green v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society

• Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Decided: August 25, 2016
• Docket: A16A2220
• Status: Published

Opinion

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________ August 15, 2016

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A16A2220. VERLETTE GREEN v. WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY.

This case began as a dispossessory proceeding in magistrate court. Following an adverse ruling, defendant Verlette Green appealed to the superior court, which dismissed the appeal and entered a writ of possession in favor of plaintiff Wilmington Savings Fund Society. Green then appealed directly to this Court. We lack jurisdiction. “[A]ppeals from decisions of the superior courts reviewing decisions of lower courts by certiorari or de novo proceedings shall be by application for discretionary appeal.” Bullock v. Sand, 260 Ga. App. 874, 875 (581 SE2d 333) (2003) (punctuation omitted); see also OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (1). Because Green did not follow the proper procedure for requesting appellate review in this case, we lack jurisdiction over this appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia 08/15/2016 Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 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.