Legal Opinion
Pelletier v. Northbook Garden Apartments
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 18, 1974No. 29006PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This appeal is from a judgment of DeKalb Superior Court dismissing an injunctive action, filed by a tenant against a landlord, which sought to set aside an earlier default judgment obtained by the landlord in the State Court of DeKalb County in a dispossessory warrant proceeding.
The petition attacks the constitutionality of Code Ann. § 61-302.1 He alleges that service in the dispossessory warrant proceedings against him was perfected only by "tacking” the notice of the proceedings on his front door pursuant to the above section and that he never received the notice. The tenant…
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3Cited by19 opinions
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