State Automobile Mutual Insurance v. Thomson

180 Ga. App. 90 (1986)

348 S.E.2d 507

STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

v.

THOMSON et al.

72056.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 16, 1986.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1986.

Don Smart, for appellant.

John Booth, John M. Ranitz, for appellees.

CARLEY, Judge.

Appellee-defendant Thomson is a landlord. Among his tenants was appellee-defendant Anderson. Thomson filed a dispossessory warrant against Anderson. Although Anderson filed a timely answer, Thomson's repeated inquiries as well as his check of court records indicated that no answer had been filed. A writ of possession was obtained by…