Mack v. Third Bedford-Pines Apartments, Ltd.

Carley, Chief Judge.

1. This direct appeal is from the judgment in a dispossessory action wherein the total amount of rent due was found by the trial court to be $2,693, an amount which is certainly greater than $2,500. Despite the payment into the registry of the court by appellant and the *839draw-down by appellee of a portion of this amount, $2,693 was the total amount in controversy because appellant had claimed entitlement to all such funds as he had paid in and had been drawn-down by appellee. See OCGA § 44-7-54 (c). Accordingly, appellee’s motion to dismiss the appeal for appellant’s…