McMurray v. Wallis

This court on appeal (Wallis v. McMurray, 91 Ga. App. 549, 86 S. E. 2d 529) affirmed a judgment of the trial court in striking a petition to open a default judgment, as such petition failed to set up a meritorious defense to the plaintiff’s original action for the reasonable value of certain services for which suit was brought; but, in the same decision, this court reversed the final judgment, which awarded the amount sued for, for the trial court’s failure to hear-evidence as to the reasonable value of such services. Subsequently to the decision of this court, the defendant in the original…