J. C. Penney Co. v. Malouf Co.

Quillian, Judge.

1. We first treat appellees’ motion to dismiss the appeals on the grounds that they are premature.

There are two principal methods by which an appeal might he brought from orders in multi-claim party cases as to less than all the claims or parties involved. One is, the complaining party may obtain a certificate of immediate review from the trial judge under the provisions of Section 1 (a2) of the Appellate Practice Act (Code Ann. § 6-701 (a2); Ga. L. 1965, p. 18; 1968, pp. 1072, 1073). The second method is where the trial judge enters an order upon an express determination that…