Griffith v. Georgia Bd. of Dentistry
| Decision Date | 01 July 1985 |
| Docket Number | No. 71085,71085 |
| Citation | 333 S.E.2d 647,175 Ga.App. 533 |
| Parties | GRIFFITH v. GEORGIA BOARD OF DENTISTRY. |
| Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Tim D. Hemingway, Macon, for appellant.
Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Stefanie B. Manis, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., H. Perry Michael, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger M. Siegel, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.
Charles E. Griffith brought this action in the Superior Court of Bibb County. The Georgia Board of Dentistry moved to dismiss the case on the basis of improper venue. Following a hearing on the motion, the Superior Court of Bibb County transferred this case to the Superior Court of Fulton County pursuant to the Uniform Transfer Rules, 251 Ga. 893 (1984). Griffith appeals.
The subject transfer order is not a final judgment as the case is still pending in the court below, albeit a different court from the one ordering the transfer. The order is thus interlocutory and not appealable without a certificate of immediate review from the lower court and an appropriate application to this court. OCGA § 5-6-34(b); see Atlanta Hanggliders, etc., Inc. v. Rountree, 169 Ga.App. 647, 314 S.E.2d 679 (1984). Compare Shannon v. Allen Automatic Transmission, 172 Ga.App. 88, 322 S.E.2d 99 (1984), and Long v. Bruner, 171 Ga.App. 124(2), 318 S.E.2d 818 (1984), wherein the lower courts' dismissals of the cases because of improper venue were final judgments as the cases were no longer pending below. Therefore, Griffith's appeal must be dismissed.
Appeal dismissed.
Griffith asserts in his motion for rehearing that the case is no longer pending in the court below "because it was automatically dismissed without prejudice after the costs were not paid within twenty days." See Uniform Transfer Rule T-11, 251 Ga. 893, 894 (1984). Thus, he argues, this appeal is from a final judgment as in the cases of Shannon v. Allen Automatic Transmission, supra, and Long v. Bruner, supra. However, there is nothing in the record on appeal showing that this case has, in fact, been dismissed in the court below. " " Tingle v. Arnold, Cate & Allen, 129 Ga.App. 134, 139, 199 S.E.2d 260 (1973) (). Accordingly, we adhere to our judgment dismissing this appeal for Griffith's failure to comply with the interlocutory appeal procedure of OCGA § 5-6-34(b).
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