Middlebrooks v. Fleet Finance

4 Citing cases

  1. Progressive Preferred Insurance Company v. Aguilera

    533 S.E.2d 448 (Ga. Ct. App. 2000)   Cited 9 times

    (Emphasis supplied.) See also Middlebrooks v. Fleet Finance, 217 Ga. App. 263(2) ( 456 S.E.2d 627) (1995) (holding that findings of fact and conclusions of law are not required unless a party requests them prior to the trial court's ruling). The findings of fact serve three purposes, as follows: (1) they aid the trial judge's process of adjudication; (2) they assist in the determination of issues involving res judicata and estoppel by judgment; and (3) they aid the appellate court on review.

  2. Greene County v. North Shore Resort at Lake Oconee

    517 S.E.2d 553 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999)   Cited 11 times

    Absent a timely request prior to the entry of the order or judgment, the trial court does not err in failing to make findings of fact and conclusions of law as a part of the judgment. See Middlebrooks v. Fleet Finance Inc., 217 Ga. App. 263(2) ( 456 S.E.2d 627) (1995); Cage v. Chase Home Mtg. Corp., 212 Ga. App. 861(1) ( 443 S.E.2d 504) (1994); Burks v. First Union Mtg. Corp., 209 Ga. App. 41(1) ( 432 S.E.2d 822) (1993). Since Greene County requested findings of fact and conclusions of law only after the entry of judgment, it was within the discretion of the trial court whether to grant or deny such request.

  3. Poor v. Leader Federal Bank for Savings

    473 S.E.2d 563 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996)   Cited 6 times

    Consequently, such entry was not required. OCGA ยง 9-11-52 (a). Middlebrooks v. Fleet Finance, Inc., 217 Ga. App. 263 (2) ( 456 S.E.2d 627) (1995). Poor relies on an earlier decision in which we remanded a case for entry of findings of fact and conclusions of law because the record did not affirmatively show that findings and conclusions were waived. Fry v. J.I. Kislak Mortgage Corp., 167 Ga. App. 775 ( 307 S.E.2d 302) (1983).

  4. Hallisy v. Snyder

    464 S.E.2d 219 (Ga. Ct. App. 1995)   Cited 23 times

    The trial court did not err in finding such a relationship. See generally Middlebrooks v. Fleet Finance, 217 Ga. App. 263 ( 456 S.E.2d 627) (1995); Barkley-Cupit Enterprises v. Equitable Life Assurance, 157 Ga. App. 138, 140-141 (2) ( 276 S.E.2d 650) (1981). 2.