Williams v. Horn

In this case the defendant answered the plaintiff’s complaint and also counterclaimed. A jury verdict was rendered for the plaintiff and judgment entered. No final order has been entered adjudicating the defendant’s counterclaim. Although during the trial the judge orally declared that he was going to strike the defendant’s counterclaim, no written order to that effect has been entered. What the judge orally declares is no judgment until it has been put in writing and entered. Construction & Geni. Laborers Union v. Williams Constr. Co., 212 Ga. 691 (1) (95 SE2d 281). Thus, the counterclaim is…