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  • Georgia Receivables Inc. v. Welch

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth C. Whealler, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cheryl Welch, Kennesaw, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A00A0289

    Collections company could not enforce health club membership contract against defendant since the contract did not specify the exact date on which her right to cancel the contract ex

  • Keller v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Thomas, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: G. Channing Ruskell, Solicitor General, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0447

    Defendant who allowed the dismissal of his a by failing to arrange for preparation of the transcript and disappearing shortly after filing that a was not entitled to an out-of-time a

  • Mills v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
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    Case Number: A99A2324, A99A2325

    Since federal regulations require the same warnings from all railroad crossing automatic warning devices, evidence that some of railroad's devices previously gave delayed warnings was admissible in

  • York v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
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    Case Number: A00A0152, A00A0153, A00A0154, A00A0155, A00A0352

    Defendant could not receive separate sentences on his two cocaine trafficking convictions merely because the cocaine found in his car had a different chemical composition from that found in his

  • Sexton v. Clayton County Tax Digest

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton Lee Sexton & Assocs. PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald M. Comer II, Jonesboro, Brian R. Dempsey, Jack R. Hancock Hancock & Echols, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Laurel E. Henderson, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0379

    Trial court set an excessive millage rate for temporary collection of ad valorem taxes pending approval of county's tax digest, since that rate would allow the county to collect funds exceeding its b

  • Febuary v. Averitt Properties Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen M. Welsh Buzzell, Graham & Welsh LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David N. Nelson and Joseph H. Chambless Chambless, Higdon & Carson, Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A0211

    Even if plaintiff fell from defendant's loading ramp because he tripped over the ramp's concrete ledge, defendant was not liable since plaintiff was aware of the ledge and of the ramp's height and

  • Aldrich v. City of Lumber City

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry N. Hollington Larry N. Hollington PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Kniffen and Terrence T. Rock Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A0847

    Claimant could be ordered to repay total disability benefits back to the date he ceased to be disabled, even if that date preceded the date the workers' compensation board last determined his injuri

  • Summerhill Neighborhood Dev. Corp. v. Telerent Leasing Corp.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert L. Norton Jr. and Sherrod J. Waites II Hipes & Norton PC, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: William E. Turnipseed Savell & Williams, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0268

    Parties' agreement for defendant's use of telephone equ installed by plaintiff was a lease, not a secured transaction, since it clearly stated that defendant had no property interest in the eq

  • Leonard v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelley A. Dial, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, and Mickey R. Thacker, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0057

    Testimony from undercover officers who observed confidential informant purchase co from defendant's accomplice corroborated informant's testimony that defendant supplied that co

  • Parker v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin A. Smith, Sandersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Malone, District Attorney, and Samuel H. Altman, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0319

    The trial court properly refused to sever defendant's trial for two armed robberies since they occurred within a week of each other and both involved defendant holding a knife to a woman's throat an