Green v. Blankenship

Townsend, Judge.

1. The general rule is that the trial court cannot, after the term at which a judgment or order is entered, set aside,- alter, amend, or revoke its final judgment or order except for defects appearing on the face of the record. *258American Mut. Liability Ins. Co. v. Satterfield, 88 Ga. App. 395 (2) (76 8. E. 2d 730) and citations.

2. One exception to the above rule is that a party can make a motion to reinstate a case after the expiration of the term at which the order of dismissal was entered, when he can make the same excuses for delay as must be shown in making an extraordinary…