Lombard Corp. v. Collins

The Court of Appeals has certified five questions to this Court under the authority of Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. V, Par. IV and Art. VI, Sec. VI, Par. III (7). Lombard Corp. v. Collins, 224 Ga. App. 282 (480 SE2d 47) (1997). The sole issue enumerated as error on appeal in the Court of Appeals is that the trial court erred in entering an order of dismissal on the ground that payment of an intangible tax by a third person, not a party to the litigation, rendered the cause of action moot. Since the certified questions do not conform to the requirement that an answer be necessary to the…