Court Opinion

ID: 2741134
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Date Created: 2014-10-09 15:05:10.180313+00
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia
                                         ATLANTA,____________________
                                                   October 03, 2014

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A15A0294. MONOSU DUTTA-ROY v. JYSK BED’ N LINEN d/b/a BY
    DESIGN.

      This case originated as a garnishment action in magistrate court. Following an
adverse ruling, Appellant Monosu Dutta-Roy filed a direct appeal, which was
transmitted to this Court. However, “[t]he only avenue of appeal available from [a]
magistrate court judgment is provided by OCGA § 15-10-41 (b) (1), which allows for
a de novo appeal to the state or superior court.” Handler v. Hulsey, 199 Ga. App. 751
(406 SE2d 225) (1991). This Court may only address magistrate court matters that
already have been reviewed by the state or superior court. See id.; Westwind Corp.
v. Washington Federal Savings & Loan Assn., 195 Ga. App. 411 (1) (393 SE2d 479)
(1990).
      The Georgia Constitution requires that “[a]ny court shall transfer to the
appropriate court in the state any civil case in which it determines that jurisdiction or
venue lies elsewhere.” See Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. VI, Sec. I, Par. VIII; Bosma v.
Gunter, 258 Ga. 664 (373 SE2d 368) (1988). Accordingly, this appeal is hereby
TRANSFERRED to the Fulton County State Court.

                                         Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                                                    10/03/2014
                                                Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                I certify that the above is a true extract from
                                         the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia.
                                                Witness my signature and the seal of said court
                                         hereto affixed the day and year last above written.

                                                                                         , Clerk.