Case Name: KANTOUNIS v. PLAKAS
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924-04-25
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 424
Docket Number: No. 4997
Parties: KANTOUNIS v. PLAKAS
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 424–424

Head Matter:
No. 416
KANTOUNIS v. PLAKAS
Ohio Appeals, 8th Dist., Cuyahoga County
No. 4997.
Decided April 25, 1924
677. JUDGMENTS — Court held to have no power to vacate former order upon its own motion after term of court.
Attorneys — J. J. McCall, for Kantounis; Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, for Plakas.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Epitomized Opinion
Published Only in Ohio Law Abstract
George Plakas, d. b. a. Northern Contract1 ing Co., brought an action in the Municipal Court of Cleveland on an account and procured service by process of garnishment and advertisement. On Oct. 25, 1922, he obtained a default judgment. On Oct. 25, 1922, an order of garnishee was issued. On Oct. 31, 1922, a motion was filed to vacate this judgment. On Nov. 11, 1922, the bailiff returned the order of garnishment together with $641 to clerk. On Nov. 11, 1922, a motion to vacate w[as granted. On the 17th day of November, 1922, a statement of defense was filed. On May 29, the court, on its own motion, set aside its former order vacating the judgment and struck the motion from the files. The defendant prosecuted error from this latter ruling. In reversing the judgment below, the Court of Appeals held:
1. That the Court- had no power to vacate its former order on its own motion at a subsequent term of court.