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487 S.E.2d 843 (1997) Daniel ELLINGTON, and wife, Kay Ellington, Appellants, v. David HESTER, and wife, Linda Hester, Appellees. No. COA96-1057. Court of Appeals of North Carolina. August 5, 1997. *844 Nancy P. Quinn, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellants. *845 Hill, Evans, Duncan, Jorda

151 B.R. 90 (1993) In re Richard C. ELLINGTON, Debtor. Bankruptcy No. 88-30335-LMC. United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas, El Paso Division. January 29, 1993. *91 *92 E.P. Bud Kirk, El Paso, TX, for creditor Sunwest Bank. Andres Villareal and Charles M. Cobbe, Jackson & Walker, Dallas,

Cobb, P. J. (After stating the facts.) There was no evidence as to what was the law of South Carolina. The presumption is that the common law prevailed at the time of the marriage of the intestate. Mass. Life Asso. v. Robinson, 104 Ga. 276; Thomas v. Clarkson, 125 Ga. 78. The common law, as to the effect of marriage upon personal chattels of the wife, was thus stated by Judge Nisbet, i

CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Angela Williams, a minor, by her father and next friend William Hardy Williams, appeals the district court’s order entering summary judgment in favor of Defendants Jerald Ellington, et at, in this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking monetary damages and injunctive and declaratory relief for the warrantless strip s

Ellington, Justice. *362A jury found Johnathan Anthony and Jekari Strozier guilty of a variety of crimes, including felony murder. On appeal, we held that "the trial court properly convicted [the] appellants of felony murder predicated upon unlawful participation in criminal gang activity through the commission of a simple battery [Count 4]."

McFadden, Judge. In this condemnation action, condemnee D & B Child Care II, Inc. appeals from separate trial court orders denying its motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of its duty to mitigate business loss damages and granting condemnor Cobb County, Georgia’s motion for partial summary judgment as to D & B’s claim that it had no duty to mitigate its busin

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court for King County, No. 08-1-07142-8, James D. Cayce, J., entered November 30, 2010. Affirmed by unpublished opinion per Dwyer, J., concurred in by Spearman, A.C.J., and Ellington, J.

709 S.E.2d 9 (2011) COBB v. The STATE. No. A10A1700. Court of Appeals of Georgia. March 16, 2011. Reconsideration denied March 31, 2011. *12 Sheueli Cindy Wang, for appellant. Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Wanda Lynn Vance, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee. DOYLE, Judge. David Aaro

724 S.E.2d 478 (2012) 314 Ga. App. 455 COBB COUNTY v. ROBERTSON et al. No. A11A2270. Court of Appeals of Georgia. February 29, 2012. Jackel & Phillips, Dana L. Jackel, Christopher L. Phillips, Marietta, for appellant. Adkins & Whitfield, Russell L. Adkins, Jr., Marietta, for appellees. PHIPPS, Presiding Judge. Cob

664 S.E.2d 875 (2008) HEWELL v. WALTON COUNTY. No. A08A1099. Court of Appeals of Georgia. July 7, 2008. *876 Eric K. Krasle, Athens, for appellant. Larry G. Cobb, Atlanta, Katonga L. Wright Harris, for appellee. BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge. In this civil tort action, plaintiff Jason Hewell sued Walton County,

EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge. Herman Barnes was a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic. He died in 2006 after a confrontation in his home with Harris County sheriffs deputies. His surviving family members (the Carrolls) sued the deputies involved in the confrontation, asserting that the deputies’ seizure of Barnes was unlawful, that the deputies’ warrantless entry into his home was

ELLINGTON, Presiding Judge. NW Parkway, LLC, brought this action in the Superior Court of Cobb County against West Asset Management, Inc. (“West”) for claims arising from a commercial property lease agreement. West filed counterclaims arising out of the same lease. Both parties moved for summary judgment, which the trial court granted in part and denied in part. In Case No. A15A1830, West appeals the trial court’s rulings in

606 S.E.2d 586 (2004) 270 Ga. App. 349 SEAY v. CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION. No. A04A2282. Court of Appeals of Georgia. November 5, 2004. Reginald Seay, Decatur, pro se. Robert M. Sheffield, McCalla, Raymer, Padrick & Cobb, Roswell, for appellee. MILLER, Judge. Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation (Chase) file

Ellington, Judge. NF Investments, Inc. f/k/a National Mortgage Investment Company, Inc. (“National”) filed this direct appeal seeking review of the trial court’s order awarding damages to Terry L. Whitfield in the amount of $4,500. Because the judgment National seeks to appeal is for less than $10,000, an application for discretionary appeal was required to confer appellate jurisdiction upon this Court. OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (6)

Ellington, Judge. Parisian, Inc. sued the Cobb County Board of Tax Assessors (BTA) primarily to seek injunctive relief from a scheduled four-year tax audit. Parisian appeals the grant of summary judgment to the BTA.1 Because we find material issues of disputed fact that preclude summary adjudication, we reverse. On summary judgment, this Court conducts a de novo review of the ent

562 S.E.2d 371 (2002) 254 Ga. App. 338 YARGUS v. SMITH et al. No. A02A0745. Court of Appeals of Georgia. February 8, 2002. Reconsideration Denied March 20, 2002. Certiorari Denied June 21, 2002. McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark, Carol V. Clark, Peter L. Lublin, Monica K. Gilroy, Roswell, fo

610 S.E.2d 103 (2005) 271 Ga. App. 483 BANK ONE, N.A. v. AMERCANI. Amercani v. Bank One, N.A. Nos. A04A1929, A04A1930. Court of Appeals of Georgia. January 21, 2005. Reconsideration Denied February 3, 2005. Certiorari Denied May 9, 2005. *104 McCalla, Raymer, P

563 S.E.2d 548 (2002) 254 Ga. App. 693 VAUGHN, COLTRANE & ASSOCIATES et al. v. VAN HORN CONSTRUCTION, INC. No. A02A0619. Court of Appeals of Georgia. April 1, 2002. *549 Cobb, Grabbe, Spillers & Irwin, R. Chris Irwin, Atlanta, for appellants. Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins, Sewell K. Loggin

MlKELL, Judge, dissenting. The motion for reconsideration filed by Sugarloaf Café, Inc. d/b/a Buffalo’s Café (“Buffalo’s”) compels me to revisit the facts of this case. I respectfully dissent from the majority’s determination that a jury issue remains on whether Buffalo’s knew that, when Phillips left the bar, she would soon drive a motor vehicle. OCGA § 51-1-40 (b) provides that

592 S.E.2d 124 (2003) 264 Ga. App. 730 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES et al. v. JOHNSON et al. Cobb et al. v. Johnson et al. Nos. A03A1064, A03A1065. Court of Appeals of Georgia. November 25, 2003. Reconsideration Denied December 16, 2003. Certiorari Granted March 8, 2004. Certiorari Denied Ma