Court Opinion

ID: 9919211
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Date Created: 2024-01-17 18:03:42.825305+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:06:26.909185
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                       ATLANTA,____________________
                                                January 17, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A0688. ELIZABETH KAISER et al v. JOSEPH BARTON ADAMS.

      This case began as a dispossessory action which Joseph Adams filed in
magistrate court against Elizabeth Kaiser and Brady Prauser (the “tenants”). After an
adverse ruling, the tenants appealed to the superior court. The superior court also
ruled in favor of Adams, and the tenants then filed this timely direct appeal. This
Court, however, lacks jurisdiction.
      Appeals from superior court decisions reviewing lower court decisions by
certiorari or de novo proceedings must be initiated by filing an application for
discretionary appeal. OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (1), (b); Bullock v. Sand, 260 Ga. App. 874,
875 (581 SE2d 333) (2003). “Compliance with the discretionary appeals procedure
is jurisdictional.” Smoak v. Dept. of Human Resources, 221 Ga. App. 257, 257 (471
SE2d 60) (1996). Accordingly, the tenants’ failure to follow the proper procedure
deprives us of jurisdiction over this appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED.

                                       Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                           Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                      01/17/2024
                                               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.