Ordinarily, the filing of a notice of appeal acts as supersedeas but only `upon payment of all costs in the trial court by the appellant,' OCGA ยง 5-6-46(a), or the filing of an affidavit of indigence. [Cit.]Dobbs v. Atkinson, 238 Ga. App. 151, 152 ( 517 S.E.2d 597) (1999). Accord Lott v. Arrington Hollowell, 258 Ga. App. 51, 54(2) ( 572 S.E.2d 664) (2002).
" Duncan v. Ball, 172 Ga. App. 750, 751(1) ( 324 S.E.2d 477) (1984); see ARA Health Svcs. v. Stitt, 250 Ga. App. 420, 423(1) ( 551 S.E.2d 793) (2001). Here, as in Dobbs v. Atkinson, 238 Ga. App. 151, 152 ( 517 S.E.2d 597) (1999), "there is no indication that defendant paid all costs in the trial court." Lott claims that according to the docket sheet not found in the record, "the `costs' portion of the judgment appears to have been paid by the Defendant on December 11, 1992.