Wright v. Southern Investment Properties

Pope, Judge.

Plaintiff Southern Investment Properties filed a dispossessory action in the magistrate court against defendant Carolyn Wright who was a tenant in an apartment owned by plaintiff. After a trial, the magistrate court issued a writ of possession and a judgment in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $1,469 for rent due. Proceeding pro se and pursuant to a pauper’s affidavit, defendant filed an appeal to the state court, requesting a jury trial. The state court’s judgment indicates a jury trial was conducted. The judgment awarded directed verdict to the plaintiff in an amount…