Case Name: DWYER v. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 2002-10-31
Citations: 258 Ga. App. 220
Docket Number: A02A1861
Parties: DWYER v. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Judges: Blackburn, C. J., and Miller, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 258
Pages: 220–221

Head Matter:
A02A1861.
DWYER v. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.
(573 SE2d 489)

Opinion:
Johnson, Presiding Judge.
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. filed a disposses-sory warrant against Debbie Dwyer and others, claiming that they were tenants at sufferance of premises located in DeKalb County. Dwyer answered the warrant, stating that Mortgage Electronic is not her landlord and that she does not owe any rent. The case was tried in the DeKalb County State Court without a jury. The court ruled in favor of Mortgage Electronic and ordered that a writ of possession be issued. Dwyer appeals from that judgment.
The one-page document that Dwyer has filed as her purported brief in support of the appeal is completely deficient. The document contains no statement of facts and the proceedings below, no enumerations of error, no standard of review, and no record citations. Rather, the document simply contains three numbered sentences stating that the debtor is prepared to pay rent into the registry of the court, that the debtor had asked for a jury trial, and that legislation cannot abrogáte rights secured by the federal constitution.
"It is not the function of this court to cull the record on behalf of a party in search of instances of error. The burden is upon the party alleging error to show it affirmatively in the record." Because Dwyer has not set forth any specific enumerations of error, let alone tried to support them with proper citations to the record and legal authorities, there is nothing for us to review.
Judgment affirmed.
Blackburn, C. J., and Miller, J., concur.
Decided October 31, 2002.
Debbie Dwyer, pro se.
McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark, Robert M. Sheffield, for appellee.
See Court of Appeals Rule 27.
(Citation, punctuation and footnote omitted.) Magnolia Court Apts. v. City of Atlanta, 249 Ga. App. 6, 8 (545 SE2d 643) (2001).
See Johnson v. State, 212 Ga. App. 190 (2) (441 SE2d 508) (1994) (reviewing court has no authority to decide issue on appeal unless error is plainly and specifically enumerated).