# C o u rt o f

A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

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Th e Co u rt

o f Ap p ea l s h er eb y p a s s es t h e f

o ll owi n g o r der :

A 2 1 I 0 1 31

. SPI RI T & TRUTH MI NI STRI ES I NTERNATI ONAL, I NC. v

. VOI CE TO THE NATI ONS, I NC.

O n J a n u ary 2 2

, 2 0 21

, t h e t ri al co u rt i s su ed a w ri t o f po s ses s i o n i n fav o r o f

Vo i ce t o t h e Nat i o n s , In c., an d o n J an u ary 29

, 20 2 1

, t h e co u rt cert i fi ed i t s ru l i n g fo r

i m m ed i at e rev iew. Ten d ay s l at er, o n F e b r u a r y 8

, 2 0 2 1

, Sp i ri t & Tru t h M i n i s t ri es

In t ern at io n al

, In c. (“ Sp i ri t & Tru t h M i n i s tri es ”), f i l ed t he i n s t an t ap pl i cat i o n fo r

i n t erl o cu t o ry

rev i ew. W e l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n b ecau s e t h e ap p l i cat io n i s u nt im el y

. Al t h ou g h Sp i ri t & Tru th M i n i s t ri es fi l ed i t s ap pl i cat io n wi t h i n t en d ay s o f

o b t a i n i ng a cert i fi cat e o f i m m ed iat e rev i ew, wh ich w ou l d ren d er t h e ap p l i cat i o n

t i m el y un d er t h e g en eral req u i rem en ts of O CGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (b ), OCGA § 4 4 -7 -5 6

i m p o s es an ad di t i o n a l r e q ui rem en t

. Un d er t h at co d e s ect i o n , an ap p eal fro m an y ju d g m en t b y th e t ri al co u rt in a d i s p o s s es s o ry p ro ceed i n g m u s t b e fi l ed w i t hi n s ev en

d ay s o f t h e d at e th e ju d g m en t was en t ered

. See OCGA § 4 4 -7 -5 6 (“ An y ju d g m en t by

t h e t ri al co u rt s h al l b e a p p e a l a b l e p u rs u an t t o Ch ap t ers 2

, 3

, 6

, an d 7 o f Ti t le 5,

p ro v id ed t hat an y su ch ap p eal s h al l b e f i l e d w i t h i n s ev en day s of t h e d at e s u ch
ju d g m en t was en t ered . . .”); Ra d i o S a n dy S p r in g s v. Al l en Ro a d Jo i n t Ven t u r e , 3 1 1

Ga. Ap p

. 3 3 4

, 3 3 5 -3 36 (7 15 SE2 d 7 5 2 ) (2 0 1 1 ); Ra y M. W r i g h t

, In c. v. Jo nes , 2 3 9 Ga.
Ap p

. 5 2 1, 5 2 2-5 2 3 (5 2 1 SE2 d 4 5 6 ) (1 9 9 9 ); s ee al s o Amer i ca Net v. U. S

. Co ver , 2 4 3

Ga. Ap p

. 2 0 4

, 2 0 6 (1 ) (5 3 2 SE2 d 7 5 6) (2 0 0 0 ) (d i s cu ss i n g t he s u m m ary o r ex p ed i t ed

n at u re o f d i s p o s s es s o ry p ro ceed i n g s ), o v erru l ed o n o t h er g ro u nd s as reco g n i zed by

S mi th v. Bel l , 3 4 6 Ga. Ap p . 1 5 2 , 1 5 6 (8 16 SE2 d 6 9 8 ) (2 0 1 8 ).

Th e i n s t an t ap p l i cat i o n was n o t fi l ed w i th i n s ev en day s o f t h e en t ry o f t h e wri t

o f p o s ses s i o n an d t he cert i fi cat e o f i m m ed i at e rev iew. Acco rd in g l y , t h e ap p l i cat i o n

March 03, 2021i s u n t i m el y , an d i t i s h ereb y DISM ISSED.

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