Case Name: COOLEY v. TYBEE BEACH COMPANY
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1896-08-03
Citations: 99 Ga. 290
Docket Number: 
Parties: COOLEY v. TYBEE BEACH COMPANY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 99
Pages: 290–291

Head Matter:
COOLEY v. TYBEE BEACH COMPANY.

Opinion:
Atkinson, J.
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 and 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 a proper showing at such term, set aside either a judgment by default or a final judgment entered thereon.
August 3, 1896.
Motion to set aside judgment. Before Judge MacDonell. City count of Savannah. November term, 1895.
O'Connor & O'Byrne, for plaintiff.
Garrard, Meldrim & Newman, for defendant.
2. A final judgment in an action for unliquidated damages cannot, in any case, be lawfully entered without the introduction of evidence showing the amount of damages to which the plaintiff is entitled. Judgment affirmed.