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Gilbreath v. Grace

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jan 20, 1967
153 S.E.2d 618 (Ga. Ct. App. 1967)

Opinion

42451.

SUBMITTED JANUARY 5, 1967.

DECIDED JANUARY 20, 1967.

Declaratory judgment. Walker Superior Court. Before Judge Fariss.

Frank M. Gleason, Burton Brown, for appellants.

J. Donald Bennett, for appellees.


An action seeking declaratory judgment was brought by the appellee plaintiffs against the appellant defendants. A general demurrer of the defendants to plaintiffs' petition was overruled and the defendants entered their appeal to this court. On the same day that the order overruling the general demurrer was entered, the trial court entered a separate order as follows: "It appearing to the court that plaintiffs have parted with title to the real estate involved in this controversy, the temporary restraining order heretofore entered shall remain in effect for a period of one month only from the date of this order and thereafter shall expire." The plaintiffs having parted with their title to the real estate, their right to which they sought to have declared in this case, the case became moot, and `apparently was moot at the time the order overruling the general demurrers was entered. This court will not decide a moot case. Under these circumstances the appeal must be dismissed. See Kight v. Gilliard, 215 Ga. 152 ( 109 S.E.2d 599).

Appeal dismissed. Bell, P. J., and Jordan, J., concur.

SUBMITTED JANUARY 5, 1967 — DECIDED JANUARY 20, 1967.


Summaries of

Gilbreath v. Grace

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jan 20, 1967
153 S.E.2d 618 (Ga. Ct. App. 1967)
Case details for

Gilbreath v. Grace

Case Details

Full title:GILBREATH et al. v. GRACE et al

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Jan 20, 1967

Citations

153 S.E.2d 618 (Ga. Ct. App. 1967)
115 Ga. App. 69

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