Johnson V. Holmes

Jan 01, 2016

OUTCOME: Reversal

Quiet title action asserting a 1959 Deed which was not recorded until 1979. Trial Court found in favor of plaintiff. Supreme Court reversed, agreeing with Mr. Daughdrill that the legal description in t ... he 1959 deed was insufficient as a matter of law to adequately describe the property

Smith v. Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

N/A

OUTCOME: Dismissed multi-million dollar malpractice claim

Developed new argument justifying striking paragrpah of Plaintiff's Complaint pleading the running of statute of limitations as justification for failure to file malpractice affidavit in support of mal ... practice claim as sham pleading. Striking paragraph allowed court to dismiss entire complaint.

Greater Atlanta Homebuilders Ass'n v. DeKalb County

N/A

OUTCOME: Affirmed Trial Court's Grant of Summary Judgment

Action challenged the constitutionality of imposing a tree ordinance in DeKalb County. Trial Court granted summary judgment and the Supreme Court affirmed holding that in a facial challenge to the cons ... titutionality of the tree ordinance, the ordinance did not effect a per-se taking.

Tensar Earth Technologies, Inc. v. City of Atlanta

N/A

OUTCOME: Reversal of Trial Court's exclusion of evidence

DeKalb County v. Buckler,

N/A

OUTCOME: Reversed grant of summary judgment

Action challenged the validity of the acts of a historic preservation commission which was not validly constituted where the statute required 7 members and the County maintained only four members for o ... nly four years.