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March 25, 2026 Get Citation Alerts Download PDF Add Note

Kaylisse Taylor v. 3001 Northeast Expressway Owner (Ga), LLC D/B/A Verdant Peachtree Creek

Court of Appeals of Georgia

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• Docket Number: A26D0413

• Disposition: Transferred To Superior/State Court

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Transferred To Superior/State Court

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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________
March 25, 2026

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A26D0413. KAYLISSE TAYLOR v. 3001 NORTHEAST EXPRESSWAY
OWNER (GA), LLC d/b/a VERDANT PEACHTREE CREEK.

3001 Northeast Expressway Owner (GA), LLC d/b/a Verdant Peachtree Creek
(“Verdant”) filed a dispossessory action against Kaylisse Taylor in magistrate court.
On March 11, 2026, the magistrate court granted Verdant a writ of possession and
Taylor filed this application for discretionary appeal on March 13, 2026. We lack
jurisdiction.
Ordinarily, “the only avenue of appeal available from a magistrate court
judgment is provided by OCGA § 15-10-41(b)(1), which allows for a de novo appeal
to the state or superior court.” Tate v. Habif, 367 Ga. App. 435, 438–39(2) (886 SE2d
389) (2023) (citation modified). Thus, this Court has jurisdiction to address a
magistrate court order only if the order has been reviewed by a state or superior court.
See Harris v. Reserve at Hollywood LLC, 376 Ga. App. 553, 553 (920 SE2d 163) (2025).
The Georgia Constitution, however, provides that “[a]ny court shall transfer to the
appropriate court in the state any civil case in which it determines that jurisdiction or
venue lies elsewhere.” Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. VI, Sec. I, Par. VIII; accord Court of
Appeals Rule 11(b).
To the extent this filing may be construed as an notice of appeal, it is hereby
TRANSFERRED to the Magistrate Court of DeKalb County with direction to
transmit it to the state or superior court of DeKalb County for disposition as
appropriate.1

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
03/25/2026
I certify that the above is a true extract from
the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia.
Witness my signature and the seal of said court
hereto affixed the day and year last above written.

, Clerk.

1
We recognize that we are in possession of limited material and that our
determination that jurisdiction may lie in state court is limited by the dearth of
information. Thus, our ruling should not constrain either the magistrate court or the
state court to the extent those courts determine either that Taylor has not perfected
her right to appeal or that jurisdiction lies elsewhere.