CREDIT BUREAU, INC. OF GEORGIA v. Marshall

Defendant appeals from an order granting plaintiff partial summary judgment in an action to recover on a money judgment. The procedural posture of the case has been the cause of some confusion, but on appeal one fact is clear: defendant has nothing to appeal from yet. Conversely, plaintiff has nothing to be enforced.

The underlying facts are as follows. On July 14, 1977, Philip Toren was awarded a default judgment against defendant Marshall for some $39,500 in a partnership dissolution suit in Santa Clara County, California. Toren subsequently assigned the claim to plaintiff collection…