Trust Co. Bank v. Shaw

Benham, Judge.

This appeal is brought from a Floyd County Superior Court order denying appellant’s motion for summary judgment based on res judicata and consolidating cases involving a former landlord and tenant relationship. We granted appellant’s application for interlocutory review.

On September 20, 1984, the First National Bank of Rome (appellant’s predecessor), as trustee under a will and acting as landlord, filed dispossessory proceedings against appellee Jack Shaw, d/b/a Shaw’s Furniture Company, seeking possession of leased premises and back rent. Shaw answered, setting up several…