Cavan v. A. M. Davis Co.

1. The act creating the city court of Decatur (Ga. L. 1922, p. 248, §§ 4, 7), expressly provides that “so far as the same may be applicable, and not herein otherwise provided, the rules of practice, forms of pleading, and methods of procedure now prevailing in, or that may hereafter be adopted for the superior courts of this State, shall be adopted and followed in said city court;” and that after the entry of a default, “judgment or verdict may be taken as the case may require,” at the “return term.” In the absence of any contrary provision in the act, the statutes governing superior courts…