Bridges v. Wilmington Savings Bank

This case is controlled in principle by the ruling made by this court in Daniel v. Nixon, 21 Ga. App. 206 (93 S. E. 1013). In the instant case, just as in the Daniel case, an entry of default was made at the first term, but no judgment by default against the defendant was entered. The defendant at the next term after the entry of default, but prior to any judgment by default, sought to file a plea, which was disallowed as being offered too late. In the Daniel case it was conceded by counsel on both sides that the entry of default was illegal because unauthorized. In the instant case, we think…