Foster Company v. Livingston

127 Ga. App. 317 (1972)

193 S.E.2d 626

FOSTER COMPANY

v.

LIVINGSTON.

47189.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Submitted May 4, 1972.

Decided September 5, 1972.

Rehearing Denied October 17, 1972.

Adams, O'Neal & Hemingway, Thomas W. Talbot, for appellant.

Shepard & Berenthien, Virgil H. Shepard, for appellee.

PANNELL, Judge.

Paragraph (b) of Section 55 of the Civil Practice Act (Ga. L. 1966, pp. 609, 659; Code Ann. § 81A-155 (b)) provides: "At any time before final judgment, the court in its discretion, upon payment of costs, may allow the default to be opened for providential cause preventing the filing of a…