Young v. Faulkner

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Appellants/defendants appeal from the order of the superior court granting partial summary judgment on the issue of liability to appellees/plaintiffs in this suit for damages for trespass on real property by wrongful conversion of timber thereon. Held:

1. The applicable summary judgment standard is that of Lau’s Corp. v. Haskins, 261 Ga. 491 (405 SE2d 474).

2. “The interpretation of the language in a deed is generally a question of law unless it is so ambiguous that the ordinary rules of construction cannot resolve the ambiguity. [Cit.] The cardinal rule of…