Cox v. Farmers Bank

Smith, Judge.

On October 4, 1977, appellee bank filed a complaint against appellant and another individual, who is not a party to this appeal. Appellant failed to answer the complaint within the prescribed statutory period of 30 days and was therefore in default. This appeal is taken from the order of the trial court denying appellant’s motion to open default. Because this is a multiparty case, the trial court’s denial of appellant’s motion to open default is not appealable at this time, and the appeal must be dismissed.

Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1072, 1073 (Code Ann. § 6-701) sets forth the instances…