Teal v. Reeves

Bell, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining the defendants’ motion to dismiss on the ground of res judicata. The facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff brought this suit originally in the Superior Court of Hall County but it was dismissed without prejudice for want of prosecution. The plaintiff thereafter filed a second claim in the State Court of Hall County on the same subject matter and against the same defendants and a motion to dismiss this case was granted on the ground that plaintiff had not paid the accrued costs pertaining to the first claim prior to filing the second…