Opinion
A23A1641
07-03-2023
LISA L. DAVIS v. WILLA ASHLEY.
The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:
The magistrate court issued a dispossessory judgment in favor of Willa Ashley and against Lisa L. Davis. Davis appealed to superior court, the superior court also ruled in Ashley's favor, and Davis thereafter filed this direct appeal. We lack jurisdiction.
"[A]ppeals from decisions of the superior courts reviewing decisions of lower courts by certiorari or de novo proceedings shall be by application for discretionary appeal." Bullock v. Sand, 260 Ga.App. 874, 875 (581 S.E.2d 333) (2003) (punctuation omitted); see also OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (1). "Compliance with the discretionary appeals procedure is jurisdictional." Smoak v. Dept. of Human Resources, 221 Ga.App. 257, 257 (471 S.E.2d 60) (1996). Davis's failure to follow the proper procedure deprives us of jurisdiction over this appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED.