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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 :

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. ALLEN TEMPLE DEVELOPMENT, I NC. et al

. v. SI XTH E P I S C O P A L D I S T R I C T O F T H E A F R I C A N M E T H O D I S T EPI SCOPAL CHURCH, I NC. et a l

.

In t h i s d ecl arat o ry j u d gm en t act i o n i n v o lv i ng fu n d s fro m th e s al e o f real

p ro p ert y , p lai n t i ffs Si x t h Ep i s co p al Di s t ri ct o f t h e Afri can M et h o d is t Ch u rch
, In c. et
al

. fi l ed a m ot i o n t o d ep o si t fu n d s i n t o t he co u rt reg i s t ry

. O n M arch 13
, 2 0 1 9
, t h e

t ri al co u rt g ran t ed th e m ot i o n t o d e p o s i t th e fu n ds an d ord ered d efen d an t s Al l en Tem p l e Dev el o p m en t , In c. et al

. t o d ep o si t $ 7 22 ,2 8 5

. 3 1 i n t o t he reg i s t ry o f t h e co u rt

. 1

Th e d efen d an t s th en fi l ed th e i n s t an t ap p eal o n March 2 2
, 2 0 1 9

. W e, h o w ev er, l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

“ Gen eral l y , an o rd er is fi n al an d ap p eal ab l e wh en i t l eav es n o i ss u es rem ai n i n g

t o b e res o l v ed
, c o n s t i t u t es t h e co urt ’ s fi n al ru li n g o n th e m eri t s of t he act i o n , an d
l eav es t h e p art i es wi t h n o fu rt h er reco u rs e i n t h e t r i a l c o u r t

. ” Th o ma s v. Do u g l a s Co u n t y , 2 1 7 Ga. Ap p

. 5 2 0
, 5 2 2 (1 ) (4 57 SE2 d 8 3 5 ) (1 9 9 5 ); s ee al s o OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (a) (1 ). Here, t h e o rd er s o u g h t t o b e ap p eal ed d i d n o t res o l ve al l i s s u es i n t h i s cas e, wh i ch rem ai n s p en d in g befo re t h e t ri al co u rt

. See Ci t i Fi n a n ci a l S

vcs ., In c. v. Ho l la n d , 3 10 Ga. Ap p

. 4 8 0
, 4 8 1 (7 1 3 SE2 d 67 8 ) (2 0 11 ). Th e d efen d an t s t h erefo re

were req u i red t o u s e th e i n t erl o cu t o ry ap p eal p ro ced u res

– i ncl u d i n g o b t a i n i n g a

1 Th e tri al co urt h ad prev i o u s l y g ran t ed t h e p l ai n t i ffs a t em p o rary res t rai n i n g

o rd er reg ard in g t he fu n d s o n Feb ru ary 1 5 , 2 01 9

. September 12, 2019cert ifi cat e o f i m m ed i at e rev i ew fro m t h e t ri al co u rt

– t o ap p eal th e tri al co u rt ’ s o rd er. 2

See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (b ); Mi l l er v. Mi l l er , 2 8 2 Ga. 16 4
, 1 6 4 -1 6 5 (6 4 6 SE2 d 4 6 9 ) (2 0 0 7); Ci t i

Fi n a n ci a l S

vcs ., In c. , 3 1 0 Ga. Ap p

. at 4 8 1

. Th ei r fai l u re t o d o s o d ep ri v es

u s o f ju ri s d i ct i o n o v er t h i s d i rect ap p eal , wh i ch i s h ereb y DISM ISSED. See Ba i l ey

v. B a i ley
, 2 6 6 Ga. 8 32
, 8 33 (4 71 SE2 d 2 1 3 ) (1 9 9 6 ). Oral arg u m en t s et fo r Decem b er, 2 0 1 9 i s n o l o n ger n eces s ary an d s h al l b e rem ov ed fro m t h e Co u rt ’ s cal en d ar.

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f G e o r g ia C le r k ’ s O f f i c e , A t la n t a ,

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t h e m i n u t e s o

f t h e C o u r t o

f A p p e a l s o f G e o r g i a

. W i t n e s s m y s i g n a t u r e a n d th e s e a l o

f s a i d c o u r t
h e r e t o a f f i x e d t h e d a y a n d y e a r l a s t a b o v e w r i t t e n

.

, C l e r k

.

2 Th e reco rd i n d i cat es t h at t h e d efen d an t s req u es t ed a cert ifi cat e o f i m m ed i at e

rev i ew w i t h i n t en d ay s o f t h e o rd er gran t i ng t h e m o ti o n t o d ep o s i t fu n d s i n t o t h e co u rt reg i s try , b u t t h e t ri al co u rt n ev er i s s u ed s u ch cert i fi cat e. 09/12/2019