Thompson v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
Thompson v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
Opinion of the Court
The appellant, Alice Thompson, commenced this conversion action against the appellee, following the latter’s resale of a vehicle leased by Thompson from the appellee. The appellee had recovered the vehicle when the Drug Enforcement Agency seized the car during a drug purchase from another individual who had borrowed the car from Thompson. The appellee counterclaimed for a deficiency judgment.
The trial court’s order granting summary judgment for the appellee on both Thompson’s complaint and the appellee’s counterclaim was entered on April 3, 1989. Thompson subsequently filed her own motion for summary judgment on April 5, 1989, and the next day filed a motion to vacate the order granting summary judgment for the appellee. On May 16, 1989, the trial court denied Thompson’s motion for summary judgment and upheld its grant of summary judgment for the appellee. On June 9, 1989, Thompson filed her notice of appeal from the trial court’s orders of April 3, 1989, and May 16, 1989. Held:
In order for this court to have jurisdiction over a case, the notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days of the judgment appealed from, unless an extension has been granted. OCGA §§ 5-6-38; 5-6-39. What Thompson really is appealing in this case is the grant of summary judgment for the appellee. Thompson’s own motion for summary judgment filed after the grant of summary judgment for the appellee
Appeal dismissed.
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