O.C.G.A. § 5-6-12 (2019)
Cessation of supersedeas and issuance of execution upon affirmance of judgment of lower court
If the judgment of the lower court is affirmed, upon the filing of the remittitur with the clerk of the court below, the supersedeas shall cease and execution shall issue at once for the amount of the original judgment.
History
(Orig. Code 1863, § 4183; Code 1868, § 4222; Code 1873, § 4287; Code 1882, § 4287; Civil Code 1895, § 5598; Civil Code 1910, § 6217; Code 1933, § 6-1805.)
Annotations
Cross references. - Supersedeas, Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Rule 12. Supersedeas, Rules of
the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 50.
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JUDICIAL DECISIONS Supersedeas deprives trial court of jurisdiction to take further proceedings towards enforcing judgment excepted to. Tanner v. Wilson, 184 Ga. 628, 192 S.E. 425 (1937). What is lawfully done before supersedeas is granted or becomes effective is valid and stands, but anything done thereafter is unauthorized and must be set aside. Tanner v. Wilson, 184 Ga. 628, 192 S.E. 425 (1937).
Running of statute of limitations upon enforcement of judgments. - Copeland v. Pope, 90 Ga. App. 304, 83 S.E.2d 40 (1954). Cited in Equity Life Ass’n v. Gammon, 119 Ga. 271, 46 S.E. 100 (1903); Holton v. Lankford, 189 Ga. 506, 6 S.E.2d 304 (1939); Bird v. Riggs, 210 Ga. 297, 79 S.E.2d 803 (1954).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 5 Am. Jur. 2d, Appellate Review, § 774 et seq. ALR. - Amount named in appeal or supersedeas bond as the maximum limit of sureties’ liability or as a limitation of
the amount which they undertake shall be paid on the judgment appealed from, 87 ALR 257. Effect of supersedeas or stay on antecedent levy, 90 ALR2d 483.