Hightower v. Berlin
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, Judge.
Berlin sued Mrs. Hightower in the Civil Court of Fulton County for property damage to his automobile caused by a collision with her car when she negligently drove through a red traffic light. The amount of damages claimed in the complaint was $365. Plaintiffs judgment was for $288.63. Appellee moved for a dismissal of this appeal on the ground that the proper tribunal for an appeal from a judgment of less than $300 in the Civil Court of Fulton County is to the Appellate Division thereof and that our court was without jurisdiction. Initially we sustained such motion but upon…
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