# C o u rt o f

A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

G eo rg ia

ATLANTA,_

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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 :

A1 7 A0 99 3 , A1 7 A0 9 94

. YEVETTE FREEMAN v

. THE P ARK AT HAI RSTON APARTMENTS (tw o ca s es ).

Th i s act i on b eg an as a d i sp o s s es s ory p r o c e ed i n g i n M ag i s t rat e Co u rt

. Fo l l o wi ng an ad v ers e ru l i n g , d efen d an t Yev et t e Freem an fi led s ev eral ap p l i cat i on s

t o p r o c eed wi t h o ut p ay i n g co s t s i n t h e s u p eri o r co u rt

. On Sep t em b er 9, 20 1 6

, t h e

Su p eri o r Co u rt d en i ed Freem an ’ s t hi rd su ch ap p l icat i o n. On Oct ob er 1 7

, 2 0 1 6,

Freem an fi l ed a n ot i ce o f a p p e a l fro m t hat o rd er, wh ich h as b een do ck et ed i n t h i s

Co u rt as Cas e No

. A1 7A0 9 9 3

. Th e Su p eri o r Co u rt d en i ed Freem an ’ s fo u rt h an d fi ft h

a p p l i cat i o n s t o p ro ceed wi th o u t p ay i n g co st s o n Oct o b er 17 an d 1 8

, 2 0 1 6

,

res p ect i vel y

. On N o v em

b er 8

, 2 0 16

, Freem an fi l ed a s i n g l e no t i ce o f ap peal fro m t h e

Oct o b er 1 7 an d 1 8 o rd ers

. T h at ap p eal h as b een do ck et ed i n th i s Co u rt as Cas e No

. A1 7 A0 99 4 . W e l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n o v er b o t h ap p eal s

. Gen eral ly

, a n o t ice o f ap p eal m u s t b e fi led wi t h i n 3 0 day s o f en t ry of t h e o rd er

s o u g ht to b e ap p eal ed

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 8 (a). Th e u nd erl y i n g s u b j ect m at t er o f an

ap p eal

, h o wev er, co n t ro ls o v er t h e rel i ef so u gh t in d et erm i n in g t he p ro p er ap p el l at e

p ro ced ure. See R eb i ch v. Mi l es , 2 64 Ga. 4 6 7

, 4 67 -4 6 8 (4 4 8 SE2 d 1 9 2 ) (1 9 9 4 ). Th e

u n d erl y i n g s u b

ject m at t er h ere i s a d is p o s s es so ry ju dg m en t

. Un d er OCGA § 4 4 -7 -5 6,

ap p eal s in d i s p o s s es s o ry act i o n s m u s t b e fi l ed wi t h i n s ev en d ay s o f t h e d at e t h e ju d g m en t was en t ered

. See Ra y M. W r i g h t

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

. 52 1

, 5 2 2 -5 2 3
(5 2 1 SE2 d 4 5 6 ) (1 99 9 ). Th e p ro p er an d t i m el y fi l i n g of a n o t i ce o f ap p eal i s an
ab s o lu t e req u i r e m e n t t o co n fer ju ri sd i ct i o n on t h is Co u rt

. Id

. at 5 2 3

. Freem an ’ s

n o t i ces o f ap peal are u n t i m el y , as t h ey were fi l ed 3 8, 2 2

, an d 2 1 d ay s , res p ect i v el y ,

March 01, 2017aft er en t ry o f t h e o rd ers s h e s eek s t o ap p eal

. Acco rd i n g l y , Cas e No s

. A1 7 A0 9 9 3 an d

A1 7 A0 99 4 are h ereb y

DISM ISSED fo r l ack o f ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

C o u r t o f A p p e a l s o f t h e S t a t e o

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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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I c e r ti fy t h a t t h e a b o v e i s a t r u e e x t r a c t f r o m

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 tn 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

. 03/01/2017