Smith v. MITCHELL CONST. CO., INC.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, Judge.
Leonard Smith filed this suit in Fulton State Court against Mitchell Construction Company, David Rutherford, Kent Smith, Robert Fleming, and George Wenick, alleging they improperly caused him to be found in contempt of DeKalb Superior Court and arrested, in connection with their attempt to collect a debt. Smith 1 claims the arrest occurred while he had a bankruptcy petition pending, and violated the automatic stay provision of the Bankruptcy Code. The trial court granted summary judgment to the defendants. Its written order contains no findings of fact or conclusions of law,…
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