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LAMB v. HOUSING AUTH. OF VIDALIA

56358.

146 Ga. App. 786 (1978)

247 S.E.2d 597

LAMB v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF VIDALIA.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Goldstucker, Philip L. Merkel, Elisabeth Youngerman, for appellant.

Calhoun & Bryant, Malcolm F. Bryant, Jr., Sarah M. Tipton, for appellee.

SMITH, Judge.

"Under Code Chapter 61-3 a justice of the peace has no jurisdiction to try the issues in a contested dispossessory warrant proceeding." Lopez v. Dlearo, 232 Ga. 339 (206 S.E.2d 454) (1974). The question presented here is whether an unsigned answer was sufficient to convert this dispossessory warrant proceeding into a contested one. We find it sufficient. Therefore, the superior...

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