Universal Scientific, Inc. v. Wolf

Shulman, Chief Judge.

This is an action on an open account. The trial court struck appellant’s “answer and counterclaim” and entered judgment in favor of appellee for the amount requested in the complaint. Appellant enumerates as error the grant of appellee’s motion to strike and the entry of judgment in favor of appellee.

1. The basis of the trial court’s decision to strike appellee’s “answer and counterclaim” was OCGA § 15-19-51 (Code Ann. § 9-402), which deals with the unlawful practice of law. Appellant, through its president, filed its answer pro se, and the trial court evidently viewed…