State of Ga. v. Britt Caribe Ltd.

Birdsong, Judge.

We granted an interlocutory appeal to the State of Georgia to determine whether it was error for the trial court to apply CPA § 55 (Code § 81A-155) to a proceeding in libel for condemnation pursuant to Code § 79A-828 (e), and to open the default of the appellee, despite the provisions of Code § 81A-181, which limit CPA applicability in special statutory proceedings.

Pursuant to the provisions of Code § 79A-828 (e), the state on June 27,1979, filed a libel for condemnation against a sailing vessel, rubber boat, and two boat motors which had been seized by Glynn County law…