Case Name: FREEMAN et al. v. FILLINGAME
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1996-10-07
Citations: 267 Ga. 168
Docket Number: S96A1498
Parties: FREEMAN et al. v. FILLINGAME.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 267
Pages: 168–168

Head Matter:
S96A1498.
FREEMAN et al. v. FILLINGAME.
(476 SE2d 264)
Decided October 7, 1996.
Roy L. Allen II, for appellants.
Alvin G. Wells, Jr., for appellee.

Opinion:
Fletcher, Presiding Justice.
The heirs of Bartemus Freeman seek to restrain Alice F. Fillingame from cutting timber on 3.575 acres of land. Although the Free-mans claim that their father obtained the land in the 1950s, they present no evidence of title. In a previous action between the same parties or their privies, the superior court found that Fillingame was the owner of fee simple title to the disputed property and the Free-mans did not appeal. Since that action decided the issue of title in Fillingame's favor, the trial court properly dismissed the Freemans' complaint for a preliminary restraining order on the grounds of res judicata. See OCGA § 9-12-40. Therefore, we affirm.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.