Case Name: BROWN v. RUTLEDGE
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1993-09-20
Citations: 263 Ga. 470
Docket Number: S93A0900
Parties: BROWN v. RUTLEDGE.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 263
Pages: 470–470

Head Matter:
S93A0900.
BROWN v. RUTLEDGE.
(435 SE2d 187)
Decided September 20, 1993
Reconsideration denied October 28, 1993.
Leonard B. Brown, Jr., pro se.
William C. Drosky, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per curiam.
Brown sued Rutledge in the Magistrate Court of Clayton County. After the magistrate court dismissed his complaint, Brown appealed to the State Court of Clayton County. The State Court granted summary judgment to Rutledge. The Court of Appeals dismissed Brown's application for discretionary appeal "inasmuch as there is a direct right of appeal from the grant of summary judgment." Brown v. Rutledge, Case No. A92D0374 (Ct. App. Oct. 28, 1992). This court granted Brown's petition for certiorari.
We reverse the holding of the Court of Appeals. OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (11) provides that appeals from the "decisions of the state courts reviewing the decisions of magistrate courts by de novo proceedings" shall be made by application for discretionary appeal. It is immaterial in this instance that Brown's appeal was from the grant of a summary judgment. We, therefore, remand the case to the Court of Appeals for consideration of the application for appeal on its merits.
Judgment reversed and case remanded.
All the Justices concur.