Williamson v. C & S Realty Co.

C & S Realty Company, as plaintiff, sued Lucy B. Williamson et al., defendants, in tort for conspiring with a lessee of rental premises to defeat the plaintiffs right to commissions under a lease contract.

Although the case was in default, defendants, as they had the right to do, contested the question of damages, which were unliquidated. See Code Ann. § 110-401 (Ga. L. 1946, pp. 761, 777; 1952, p. 195; 1953, Nov. Sess., pp. 440, 451; 1962, pp. 687, 688) and Code Ann. § 81A-155 (a) (§ 55, CPA; Ga. L. 1966, pp. 609, 659; 1967, pp. 226, 238).

The parties entered into a stipulation that 5%…