Williams v. Mells

138 Ga. App. 60 (1976)

225 S.E.2d 501

WILLIAMS

v.

MELLS.

51786.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Submitted February 3, 1976.

Decided March 10, 1976.

Hill, Jones & Farrington, E. Lundy Beaty, for appellant.

Kenneth G. Levin, for appellee.

MARSHALL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial by the trial court of a motion to open a default judgment taken against appellant Williams, defendant below.

The facts disclose that Mells was a tenant of Williams and fell into arrears in rental payments. Without interposition of legal process, Williams forcibly evicted Mells but retained possession of her personal property…