Athens Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Myers & Co.

Lumpkin, Justice.

This was an action by Myers & Company against the Athens Leather Manufacturing Company, in the city court of Athens. At the trial term the case was in default, and a judgment was duly rendered in the plaintiff’s favor. During the same term, a motion was made to set the judgment aside and reinstate, the case. It appears that the failure to make a defense at the right time was due to the gross negligence either of the defendant company or its counsel; and therefore, the court certainly did not err in refusing to reopen the case, even though the defendant’s showing for a…