Cornelius Haston, Jr. v. Shapiro, Swertfeger & Hasty, LLP

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ November 17, 2014 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A15A0353. HASTON et al. v. SHAPIRO & SWERTFEGER, LLP et al. Appellants filed a pauper’s affidavit stating that they were unable to pay the costs of filing an appeal. Appellees then filed a traverse challenging the truth of those affidavits. “The truth of a pauper’s affidavit must be traversed in the trial court.” (Citation omitted.) Golden v. Newsome, 173 Ga. App. 321 ( 326 SE2d 521 ) (1985). Consequently, we REMAND the case to the trial court to make a finding on the question of Appellants’ indigency. See Mapp v. We Care Transp. Servs., Inc., 314 Ga. App. 391, 393-394 (1) ( 724 SE2d 790 ) (2012) (remanding case for trial court to consider the truth of the affidavits of indigence). Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia 11/17/2014 Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 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.