Tavakolian v. Agio Corp.

Mikell, Judge.

This is the third declaratory judgment action filed by Agio Corporation and East Atlanta Land Company, Inc. (“petitioners”), against Gholamreza Tavakolian (“G. T”), and his brother, Hamid Tavakolian (“H. T”), claiming the right to redeem certain properties purchased by G. T. at a DeKalb County tax sale in 1997.1 After filing the first action in 2002, petitioners discovered that G. T, a Georgia resident, had transferred the properties to H. T, a California resident. Petitioners then filed a second declaratory judgment action against both Tavakolians. The trial court declared that…