Legal Opinion
Cooney v. Burnham
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 11, 2008No. S07G0307PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Justice.
We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals to consider the propriety of its dismissal of plaintiffs direct appeal on the ground that plaintiff was required to follow the discretionary appeal procedure in OCGA§ 5-6-35 (a) (6), which governs “[a]ppeals in all actions for damages in which the judgment is $10,000.00 or less.” For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of dismissal.
Attorney William Cooney filed suit against Larry Burnham for Burnham’s failure to pay his legal fees due under the employment contract entered into by the parties. In the action, Cooney also…
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