Powers v. Simmerson

McMurray, Judge.

Plaintiff Simmerson instigated a dispossessory proceeding against the defendants for nonpayment of rent. The summons required an answer seven days after service with the last possible date to answer on November 30, 1976. On December 3, 1976, defendants requested that they be allowed to answer, having a good and sufficient legal defense to the action (as a matter of right under Code Ann. § 61-303; Ga. L. 1976, pp. 1372, 1377), and the court allowed the motion setting the matter down for a hearing on December 7, 1976, with the right of defendants to file written answer at any…