Sanders v. Carney

Full title: SANDERS, Trustee v. CARNEY et al

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Apr 17, 1968

161 S.E.2d 380 (Ga. Ct. App. 1968)

161 S.E.2d 380

Opinion

43555.

ARGUED APRIL 3, 1968.

DECIDED APRIL 17, 1968.

Interpleader. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge Horne, Emeritus.

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer Murphy, B. D. Murphy, Wayne Shortridge, for appellant.

Poole, Pearce Cooper, Walter G. Cooper, Grant, Spears Duckworth, Robert W. Spears, Hansell, Post, Brandon Dorsey, F. Tread Davis, for appellees.

PANNELL, Judge.

This being a controversy arising out of a petition for interpleader, it is an equity case, and the Supreme Court, and not the Court of Appeals, has jurisdiction. Freeman v. Atlanta Police Relief Assn., 62 Ga. App. 523 ( 8 S.E.2d 711); Finney v. Green, 90 Ga. App. 321 ( 83 S.E.2d 65). This case, accordingly, is transferred to the Supreme Court.

Transferred to the Supreme Court. Jordan, P. J., and Deen, J., concur.

ARGUED APRIL 3, 1968 — DECIDED APRIL 17, 1968.