Hirsch v. Collier

Hall, Judge.

This is an action at law to set aside a judgment on the ground it was procured by fraud. The judicial power to set aside a judgment for fraud was recognized in the Georgia Codes from 1863 to 1933: Code § 37-219: “The judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction may be set aside by a decree, for fraud, accident, or mistake, or the acts of the adverse party unmixed with the negligence or fault of the petitioner.” Code § 37-220: “Equity will interfere to set aside a judgment of a court having jurisdiction only where the party had a good defense of which he was entirely ignorant, or…