Legal Opinion

Downs Transportation Co. v. City News, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 14, 1981No. 60695PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Shulman, Judge.

Appellant-garnishee appeals the judgment of the trial court entered in a garnishment proceeding, granting plaintiff-garnishor’s motion to dismiss the answer of garnishee and entering default judgment in favor of plaintiff. The trial court premised its order on the insufficiency of appellant’s answer. In response to plaintiffs affidavit, the garnishee filed an answer contending that the garnishment proceeding was barred by defendant’s bankruptcy proceeding.'We cannot agree that such answer was insufficient as a matter of law.

There is a distinction between the sufficiency of an…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McKenzie v. Bank of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Stone v. George F. Richardson, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1982

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