Legal Opinion
Womble v. Commercial Credit Corp.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 8, 1974No. 28406PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mobley, Chief Justice.
Lenors Womble appeals from the order denying his motion to set aside a default judgment on a note obtained against him by Commercial Credit Corporation in March, 1967.
The motion to set aside alleged that service was made by leaving a copy of the suit at his most notorious place of abode, and that he never received actual notice of the suit. The motion asserts that § 81-202, as amended, of the Code of 1933 (repealed by Ga. L. 1966, pp. 609, 687, § 135 (1)), which provided that leaving a copy at the defendant’s residence was sufficient service, was not reasonably…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Jefferson Fire Insurance v. BrackinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Ballard v. Bancroft—BallardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1860
- Buchanan v. TreadwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
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