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A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

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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 :

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. ERI C W EDLOW E v. COTTON STATE MORTGAGE, I NC. et a l

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Eri c W ed l owe fi l ed a p et i t i o n to qu i et ti t l e ag ai n s t s ev eral d efen d an t s , i n c l u d i n g Ban k o f Am eri ca, N. A. Aft er a s p eci al m as t er det erm in ed th at Ban k o f

Am eri ca was t h e o n l y pro p er d efen d an t

, Ban k o f Am eri ca m o v ed fo r j u d gm en t o n t h e

p l ead i n g s . Th e t ri al co urt g ran t ed t h e m o t io n an d en tered fi n al ju dg m en t o n M ay 1

, 2 0 1 5 . W ed l o we fi l ed a m o t io n fo r n ew t ri al

, wh i ch t h e tri al co u rt d en i ed o n Au g u s t

2 1

, 2 0 1 5

. W ed l o we t h en fi l ed t hi s d i rect ap p eal

. 1 Ban k o f A m eri ca has fi l ed a m o t i o n

t o d i s m i s s

. Th e p ro p er an d t i m el y fi l i n g o f t h e n o t i ce of ap p eal i s an ab so l u t e req u i rem en t

t o co n fer ap p el l at e ju ri s d i ct i o n u p on t h i s Co urt

. See R owl a nd v. S t at e , 2 64 Ga. 8 7 2
(4 5 2 SE2 d 7 56 ) (1 9 9 5 ). Here, W ed l ow e f i l e d a m o t io n fo r n ew t ri al wh i ch

, wh en

t i m el y fi l ed

, ex t en d s t h e t i m e fo r fi l i n g a no t i ce of ap p eal . See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 8 (a).

Ho wev er, “ [w] h ere a m o t i o n fo r n ew t ri al is n o t a p ro p er veh i cl e fo r rev iew o f a t ri al

co u rt ’ s act i o n, t he m o t i o n h as n o v al i d i t y an d wi l l n o t ex t en d t he t i m e fo r fi l i n g t h e

n o t i ce o f ap p eal .” Pi l lo w v. S eymo u r , 2 5 5 Ga. 6 83

, 6 8 4 ( 3 4 1 S E2 d 4 4 7) (1 9 8 6 ).

Ge n e r a l l y, a p art y can no t m o v e fo r new t ri al i f no t ri al h as b een h ad

. See Do wn s v.

S t a t e , 2 7 0 Ga. 3 10 (5 0 9 SE2 d 4 0 ) (1 9 9 8 ) (o n e wh o h as en t ered a g u i l t y p l ea can n ot

m o ve fo r n ew t ri al as th er e w a s n o t r i a l ); s ee al s o Deb ter v. S t ep hen s , 2 9 7 Ga. 6 5 2
(7 7 7 SE2 d 2 4 4 ) (2 0 1 5 ) (m ot io n fo r n ew t ri al i s n o t a p ro p er v eh i cl e fo r ch al l en g i n g

t h e g ran t o f su m

m ary j u d gm en t ); Go o di n g v. Bo a t r i g h t

, 21 1 G a. Ap p. 2 2 1

, 2 2 2 (4 3 8

1 W ed l o w e d i r e c t e d h i s ap p eal t o t h e Su prem e Co urt

, wh i ch t ran s ferred t h e

m at t er t o t h i s Co u rt

. July 07, 2016SE2 d 6 85 ) (1 9 9 3 ) (“ Ob ject i o n s wh i ch g o t o t h e ju dg m en t o n l y , an d d o n o t ex t en d to

t h e v erd ict

, can n o t p ro p erl y b e m ad e gro u n d s of a m o t i o n fo r n ew t ri al ”) (p u n ct u at i o n

o m it t ed ).

Becau s e t h e m o ti o n fo r n ew tri al was n o t t h e ap p ro p ri at e v eh i cl e fo r

c h a l l e n g i n g t h e tri al co u rt ’ s ru l i n g , i t d i d n o t o p erat e t o ex t en d t h e ti m e fo r fi l i n g a

n o t i ce o f ap p e a l

. See Pi l l o w , s u p ra. As n o ti m el y ap p eal was fi l ed fro m t h e t ri al

co u rt ’ s M ay 2 0 1 5 o rd er g ran t i n g ju d g m en t on t h e p l ead i n gs , we l ack ju ri sd i ct i o n t o

co n si d er t h i s m at t er. Acco rd i n g l y , Ban k of Am eri ca’ s m ot io n t o d i sm i s s i s h ereb y
GRANTED, an d t h i s ap p eal i s DISM ISSED.

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f G e o r g ia

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I c e r ti fy t h a t t h e a b o v e is a tr 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 t h 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

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, C l e r k

. 07/07/2016