Stamps v. Nelson

Bernes, Judge.

In this breach of contract case, the Twiggs County Magistrate Court entered judgment in favor of appellee Tim Nelson against appellant Junior Stamps. Stamps appealed to the superior court, but failed to appear for trial. The superior court entered a default judgment against Stamps, which Stamps moved to set aside. The superior court denied Stamps’s motion. Stamps contends that the default judgment should have been set aside because the trial court had dismissed the appeal prior to its entry of the damages award. He also argues that the award of damages in the default judgment…