Tietjen v. Merchants' National Bank

The Merchants’ National Bank brought suit in the city court of Savannah against several defendants, one of whom was Tietjen, the plaintiff in error in the present case. Tietjen filed no answer within the time required by law, and judgment was rendered against him by default. Subsequently he filed what the court below in its order called a “ motion to reopen the judgment.” This paper contained his answer to the original petition brought against him, set up that the reason he had not answered within the time required by law was that he had never been served with any summons and did not know of…