Wright v. Trust Co. Bank

Beasley, Chief Judge.

Pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Law, OCGA § 9-12-130 et seq., Trust Company Bank filed a properly authenticated foreign judgment in the State Court of DeKalb County in 1995. The judgment was obtained against Wright in an Alabama court in 1987.

In response to the notice of the filing of the judgment, Wright filed a pleading through which he sought dismissal of the notice. He argues that the bank’s action is barred by the five-year statute of limitation in OCGA § 9-3-20, in that the judgment was filed in Georgia more than five years after it was…