Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-05-03 13:04:15.564507+00
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                       ATLANTA,____________________
                                                May 03, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A1220. PEACHTREE INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC et al v. THOMAS
    TEAGUE HUNTER.

      Thomas Teague Hunter sued several defendants, including Peachtree
Investment Solutions, LLC. On November 15, 2023, the trial court granted Hunter’s
motion for partial summary judgment, finding Peachtree Investment liable as a matter
of law for breach of contract for failure to repay a promissory note. Peachtree
Investment filed a notice of appeal from this ruling, and the appeal has been docketed
as Case Number A24A1221.
      Peachtree Investment also filed a “Motion for Re-Hearing” from the summary
judgment ruling, arguing that the trial court improperly conducted oral argument and
failed to fully consider Peachtree Investment’s response to the motion for summary
judgment. On November 23, 2023, the trial court denied the motion for rehearing,
finding that its prior summary judgment ruling “is correct and remains the order of
this Court.” Peachtree Investment filed a notice of appeal from this order, which has
been docketed as the instant appeal.
      In substance, Peachtree Investment’s motion for rehearing was a motion for
reconsideration. See Kuriatnyk v. Kuriatnyk, 286 Ga. 589, 590 (690 SE2d 397) (2010)
(in pleadings, substance controls over nomenclature). And the denial of a motion for
reconsideration may not be appealed directly. See Ferguson v. Freeman, 282 Ga. 180,
181 (1) (646 SE2d 65) (2007). Furthermore, the appeal in the instant matter,
A24A1220, is entirely duplicative of the appeal in A24A1221. For these reasons, we
hereby DISMISS this appeal. Peachtree Investment has filed additional motions in this
appeal, including a motion to consolidate this appeal with A24A1221 and a motion to
supplement the record. Those motions are DISMISSED as MOOT.

                                      Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                        Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                    05/03/2024
                                                 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.