MOODY v. DYKES

Nos. S97A1408, S97A1409.

496 S.E.2d 907 (1998)

269 Ga. 217

MOODY v. DYKES et al. (Two Cases).

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hardy Gregory, Jr., Davis, Gregory, Christy & Forehand, Cordele, C. Michael Johnson, Shawn Michael Willette, Fellows, Johnson & La Briola, LLP, Atlanta, for Edward Zell Moody.

Ken W. Smith, Hazlehurst, for George Dykes, Jr.


HINES, Justice.

These appeals challenge a judgment for damages under OCGA § 51-12-6 in an action for the continuing trespass of burial plots. For the reasons which follow, we affirm the judgment entered on the jury's verdict for plaintiffs and the denials of the defendants' motions for new trial and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.1

The evidence construed in favor of the verdict showed the following. When Phyllis...

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