Court Opinion

ID: 2786069
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Date Created: 2015-03-13 16:04:08.441732+00
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                         ATLANTA,____________________
                                                    March 05, 2015

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A15D0265. TERRY FONFIELD v. HAZEL BEATRICE SMITH HUGULEY.

      Terry Fonfield, through attorney Grady Roberts, has filed an application for
discretionary review of a judgment entered by the Spalding County magistrate 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 application is hereby
TRANSFERRED to the Spalding County superior court.

                                         Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                                                              03/05/2015
                                                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.