Salaam v. Nasheed

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Nuri A. Salaam filed a direct appeal from the state court’s judgment awarding plaintiff $5,000 following defendant’s appeal to the state court from the magistrate court’s judgment entered in plaintiffs favor. This Court must determine whether we have jurisdiction to entertain this appeal. Held:

“Because the appeal to this Court is taken from the decision of a state court reviewing a decision of a magistrate court by a de novo proceeding involving a subject matter not otherwise subject to a right of direct appeal, the discretionary appeal procedures of OCGA §…