Case Name: Rooney v. Richers
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1898-03-01
Citations: 103 Ga. 576
Docket Number: 
Parties: Rooney v. Richers.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 103
Pages: 576–576

Head Matter:
Rooney v. Richers.
Argued January 19,
Decided March 1, 1898.
Motion to set aside judgment. Before Judge Eve. City coúrt of Richmond county. January 13, 1897.
D. G. Fogarty and C. H. Cohen, for plaintiff in error.
F. W Capers and J. S. & W. T. Davidson, contra..

Opinion:
Fish, J.
Where under a statute in force at the time an action was brought in a city court, to the November term thereof, the second term was the trial term of the case, and, pending the action, the time for the sitting of the second term was by law changed from the first Monday in February to the first Monday in January, a judgment in the plaintiff's favor at the January term will not be set aside as having been prematurely rendered, when it appears that the case was in default and the motion to set aside does not disclose the existence of any meritorious defense, or set forth any facts showing that the defendant was in any manner injured, or that he lost any right, by reason of the fact that the judgment was rendered at the January term. The more especially is this so when it appears that there had been personal service, and that the act changing the terms of the court allowed final judgments to be entered at the first term in undefended cases wherein there had been such service.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring.