Martin v. Outz

Full title: MARTIN et al. v. OUTZ et al

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Jun 24, 1987

357 S.E.2d 91 (Ga. 1987)

257 Ga. 211

Opinion

44718.

DECIDED JUNE 24, 1987.

Attorney fees. Oglethorpe Superior Court. Before Judge Bryant.

Mathis Coates, Charles A. Mathis, Jr., D. James Jordan, for appellants.

Heard, Leverett, Adams Jenkins, E. Freeman Leverett, for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

This is a direct appeal from an award to the appellees of attorney fees and expenses of litigation, entered pursuant to OCGA § 9-15-14 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 1591, § 1; effective July 1, 1986), for a frivolous appeal, based on this Court's affirmance without opinion of the order granting summary judgment to the appellees. Martin v. Outz, 256 Ga. XXVII (1987).

Effective July 1, 1986, OCGA § 5-6-35 was amended to require applications to appeal awards of attorney fees or expenses of litigation under OCGA § 9-15-14. OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (10), Ga. L. 1986, p. 1591, § 2.

This direct appeal is therefore dismissed for failure to comply with the statute.

Appeal dismissed. All the Justices concur.

DECIDED JUNE 24, 1987.