Reid v. Minter

Webb, Judge.

This case, tried before the court without a jury, is a casualty of Doyal Development Co. v. Blair, 234 Ga. 261 (215 SE2d 471), reversing this court’s judgment in 133 Ga. App. 613 (211 SE2d 642), conformed to in 135 Ga. App. 337. As a result of that litigation it is now firmly established that findings of fact and conclusions of law required by Code Ann. § 81A-152 (a) are mandatory; that the facts must be found specially; and that conclusions of law must be stated separately, regardless of whether the order otherwise is sufficient for purposes of review. The distinction between…