McMillan v. Barton

1. “Until the final adjournment of the term at which a judgment by default has been entered, the court has such control thereof that it may, for any legal or satisfactory reason, set the same aside. It follows that even in a court where a final judgment may be rendered at the first term, the judge may, in his discretion and upon proper showing at such term, set aside either a judgment by default or a final judgment entered thereon.” Cooley v. Tybee Beach Co., 99 Ga. 290 (25 S. E. 691). The general rule is that during the term all judgments and orders are in the breast of the court, and…