Hill v. Levenson

Marshall, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of the appellants’ petition for writ of prohibition. The appellants sought a jury trial in the Magistrate Court of Fulton County on the issue of possession in a landlord-tenant dispute. The appellee denied the appellants’ request. The appellants filed a writ of prohibition against the appellee in the Superior Court of Fulton County. The superior court denied the appellants’ writ and issued a certificate of immediate review to this Court.

The appellants contend that the Georgia Constitution mandates trial by jury in dispossessory…