Court Opinion

ID: 9571845
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:35:40.726109+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:31:05.436208
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Banke, Judge,
dissenting in part.
An appeal, is deemed to have been brought “for delay only” where there exists “no valid reason to anticipate reversal of the judgment below.” Hatchett v. Hatchett, 240 Ga. 103 (239 SE2d 512) (1977). See also Refrigerated Transport Co. v. Kennelly, 144 Ga. App. 713 (2) (242 SE2d 352) (1978); Pinkerton &Laws Co. v. Robert & Co. Assoc., 129 Ga. App. 881 (6), 885 (201 SE2d 654) (1972). The motion to set aside the default judgment at issue in this case was not brought within the term of court in which the judgment was rendered, and the appellant has cited us to nothing which might reasonably authorize the judgment to be set aside pursuant to OCGA § 9-11-60 (d) (Code Ann. § 81A-160). I find no reasonable ground upon which to anticipate a reversal and would consequently grant the motion for imposition of 10 percent damages pursuant to OCGA § 5-6-6 (Code Ann. § 6-1801). I concur, of course, in Divisions 1-3 of the majority opinion and in the judgment of affirmance.
I am authorized to state that Presiding Judge Deen and Judge Pope join in this dissent.