Cheatham v. Brown-Catlett Furniture Co.

This case is controlled by the decision in Dodson Printers’ Supply Co. v. Harris, 114 Ga. 966. By the act of December 13, 1902 (Acts 1902, p. 117), the General Assembly gave the judge of the city court of Atlanta powers similar to those-exercised by the judges of the superior courts in opening defaults, but this act was not passed until after the present case had been decided and the bill of exceptions therein certified. The act has-no application to this case, and the trial judge wTas clearly right in refusing to permit the defendant to answer after the expiration of the time allowed by law.…