Bowers v. Jim Rainwater Builder & Properties, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Cooper, Judge.
Appellants appeal the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to appellee in appellee’s action to revive a dormant judgment.
In 1983, appellee filed a dispossessory action against appellants. On June 24, 1983, an order in the dispossessory action was issued, granting a writ of possession and a money judgment of $10,011.89 to appellee. The judgment became dormant, and in 1991 appellee filed a petition for writ of scire facias to revive dormant judgment pursuant to OCGA § 9-12-61. Appellants responded to the petition, raising two defenses, and appellee moved for summary judgment.…
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