Rawls v. Bowers

1. Section 20 of the act creating the municipal court of Macon provides that on the call of the appearance docket on the first Wednesday in each monthly term (beginning on the third Monday in each month), the judge shall mai'k “In default” each case in which no answer was filed before 12 o’clock noon on the first day of the term, that “all cases so marked shall thereby be ripe for trial and judgment,” and that “after rendition of final judgment in a case so marked ‘In default,’ the right of opening such default shall terminate, unless by order of the court or by consent of parties or counsel…