DeKalb County Board of Tax Assessors v. Stone Mountain Industrial Park

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

We consider a judgment by the superior court dismissing a series of consolidated appeals from decisions rendered by the DeKalb County Board of Equalization. The judgment of the lower court was predicated on the fact that none of the consolidated cases was heard before a jury at the first term of court following the filing of the appeal.

Code Ann. § 92-6912 (6) (D) (1) (Code § 92-6912, as amended through Ga. L. 1977, pp. 1009, 1010).

The appellant contends, that the dismissal of the consolidated cases was based upon a technicality contrary to the spirit of the ruling of…