Yeazel v. Burger King Corp., A98A1676.
Decision Date | 27 January 1999 |
Docket Number | No. A98A1676.,A98A1676. |
Citation | 236 Ga. App. 110,511 S.E.2d 237 |
Parties | YEAZEL et al. v. BURGER KING CORPORATION. |
Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
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Meadows, Ichter & Trigg, Craig M. Frankel, Atlanta, for appellants.
Eastman, Stapleton & Apolinsky, Stephen D. Apolinsky, Decatur, for appellee.
Plaintiff-appellee Burger King Corporation ("BKC"), successor to the Wheeler Organization, Inc., brought this "COMPLAINT FOR MONEY PAID BY MISTAKE" against defendant-appellants Rita D. Yeazel and Jack H. Yeazel, seeking to recover approximately $39,300, representing sums allegedly overpaid by BKC to defendants as a portion of minimum base rent pursuant to a commercial lease, as amended, of property in Cobb County, Georgia. Defendants admitted the existence of the lease and amendments but defended on the basis that any alleged overpayments were not non-recoverable voluntary payments, per OCGA § 13-1-13. Defendants further counterclaimed, in part to reform the amended lease to establish a base or minimum monthly rent of $4,000, "to be increased by five per cent (5%) annually [allegedly] pursuant to the term of the Amendment." After discovery, the trial court heard several motions and on March 6, 1998, entered an order denying defendants' motion for summary judgment and granting plaintiff's motion for declaratory judgment as to the non-existence of any breach of contract, directing that BKC "pay all unpaid, if any, and future rents according to the calculations provided in the amendment." The trial court further determined that BKC was not liable (obligated?) From this order, defendants bring this direct appeal. Held:
Reliance Ins. Co. v. Cobb County, 235 Ga.App. 685(1), 510 S.E.2d 129 (1998). Direct appeals may be taken to the Court of Appeals of Georgia from "[a]ll final judgments, that is to say, where the case is no longer pending in the court below, except as provided in Code Section 5-6-35[.]" OCGA § 5-6-34(a)(1). Assuming, but not deciding,...
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