Opinion ID: 1694480
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Heading: georgia

Text: The technical right of appeal was not known to the common law; it exists only by virtue of the statute or constitutional provision. Therefore, a party has no vested right to an appeal from one court to another. In National Union, etc. Assn. v. Arnold, 348 U.S. 37, 75 S.Ct. 92, 99 L.Ed. 46 (1954), the Supreme Court stated that the provision of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution requiring due process of law does not contemplate the right to appeal. Where such right of appeal is given, the state may prescribe the conditions and procedure to be followed... . Alexander v. Blackmon, 129 Ga. App. 214, 199 S.E.2d 376, 378 (1973) (citations omitted). The right of appeal in Georgia is not absolute. There is no section of the Constitution which specifically provides for an appeal. The State Constitution provides that the superior courts shall have appellate jurisdiction in such cases as the General Assembly may by law provide. Furthermore, the Constitution gives the General Assembly the authority to enact laws placing conditions upon appeals... . Hancock v. Board of Tax Assessors of Harris County, 226 Ga. 570, 176 S.E.2d 102, 103 (1970) (citations omitted).