Opinion
A24E0051
03-26-2024
MOE'S FRANCHISOR SPV LLC et al v. TAYLOR INVESTMENT PARTNERS II, LLC et al.
The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:
The appellants have a filed an emergency motion with this Court seeking a stay of the Superior Court's March 20, 2024 order styled as an order granting appellant's motion for supersedeas or injunction pending appeal. In that order, under the auspices of a supersedeas, the superior court in effect granted the appellants all of the relief that was previously denied by the Superior Court in a March 8, 2024 order denying the appellants' motion for temporary restraining order and interlocutory injunction.
"In the exercise of its inherent power, this Court may issue such orders or give such direction to the trial court as may be necessary to preserve jurisdiction of an appeal or to prevent the contested issue from becoming moot." Court of Appeals Rule 40 (b). "If the thing sought to be enjoined in fact takes place, the grant or denial of the injunction becomes moot." (Citation and punctuation omitted.) Cobb County. v. Mable Oak Dev., 366 Ga.App. 561, 563 (883 S.E.2d 571) (2023). Because the issues on appeal could become moot and because the prior order denying the relief in question is already the subject of an appeal in this Court, the emergency motion is hereby GRANTED. The Superior Court's order of March 20, 2024 is stayed pending the completion of the appeal or further order of this Court.