Moran v. Mid-State Homes, Inc.

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellee, Mid-State Homes, Inc., initiated dispossessory proceedings against appellants, Phillip and Alberta Moran; and appellants thereafter filed a timely answer and counterclaim pursuant to OCGA § 44-7-51 (b). The trial court subsequently denied a motion for summary judgment filed by the appellee but ordered appellants to pay $3,378 in purported arrearages into the registry of the court by a specified date. Upon appellants’ failure to make the payment, the trial court awarded appellee possession of the premises and dismissed appellants’ answer and counterclaim.…