• Playnation Play Sys. Inc. v. Hammer

    Publication Date: 2006-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marc B. Hershovitz, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James P. Peters Allman & Peters, Marietta, and Bill M. Mohr, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A06A0022

    Collateral estoppel barred the defendant from relitigating the issue of whether he fraudulently transferred his property after the plaintiff obtained a money judgment agains

  • S. S. Air Inc. v. City of Vidalia

    Publication Date: 2006-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilson R. Smith Smith & Jenkins, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Franklin Edenfield Spivey, Carlton & Edenfield PC, Swainsboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1647

    The city was entitled to seek possession of its land and to require that its tenants at will remove an aircraft hangar that was installed on the city's pro

  • S. S. Air Inc. v. City of Vidalia

    Publication Date: 2006-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilson R. Smith Smith & Jenkins, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Franklin Edenfield Spivey, Carlton & Edenfield PC, Swainsboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1647

    The city was entitled to seek possession of its land and to require that its tenants at will remove an aircraft hangar that was installed on the city's pro

  • Thomas County Bd. of Tax Assessors v. Thomasville Garden Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald B. Warren Whitehurst, Cohen & Blackburn, Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Raleigh W. Rollins Alexander & Vann LLP, Thomasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1870

    Collateral estoppel barred relitigation of whether a garden club's real property was entitled to tax-exempt status, since the law and the facts regarding the property and its use have remained uncha

  • Davis v. Discover Bank

    Publication Date: 2006-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward W. Clary, St. Marys, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ruthanne W. Goodman and Craig R. Goodman Craig R. Goodman Law Offices, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A2147

    The issuance of a credit card to the defendant was a mere offer on the plaintiff's part and the contract became complete when the defendant retained the card and made use

  • Ford v. Bank of Am. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2006-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Kramer, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cinnamon V. Davis Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A2063

    The plaintiff failed to show that a wheeled office chair at a bank located in a grocery store constituted a dangerous cond

  • Greene County Bd. of Commissioners v. Higdon

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Moss and Paul J. Dzikowski Mills & Moss LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . S. Samuel Atkins Jr. Atkins Law Firm, Augusta, Jimmy D. Plunkett, Thomson, and Charles L. Daniel III McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A2084

    The general rule that a taxpayer has no valid equal protection or due process claim merely because he does not receive benefits of tax monies to the same extent as other citizens similarly taxed als

  • Georgia Power Co. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh D. Pettit III, Cartersville, Donald W. Janney, Douglas A. Henderson and Lynette E. Smith Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald C. Evans Jr., Cartersville, and David A. Webster, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A05A1575

    The trial court erred in allowing the plaintiffs to seek business losses associated with a bed and breakfast that they intended to build and operate on partially condemned property, since the busin

  • Morgan County Bd. of Comm'rs v. Mealor

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian G. Henry, Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Brenda H. Trammell, Madison, for appellee.

    Case Number: S05A1437

    The county's decision not to include the Superior Court Clerk in the county's pension plan was plain and reasonably based on the fact that the Clerk already received pension contributions derived fr

  • Tharp v. Vesta Holdings I LLC

    Publication Date: 2006-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis X. Moore and Tilden R. Reid II Frank X. Moore & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vincent D. Hyman, County Attorney, Vernitia A. Shannon County Attorney's Office, Robert J. Proctor and Bradley A. Hutchins Proctor & Chambers, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A05A1037

    A notice of execution of a tax levy tacked to a pro constitutes a constructive levy on that pro