Court Opinion

ID: 9849880
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:48:36.546472+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:20:27.767099
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Nichols, Chief Justice,
concurring specially.
I concur in the judgment affirming the denial of relief to the plaintiff, but I cannot agree with the holding in the first division of the opinion.
The record discloses that a hearing was held to determine if the temporary restraining order should be continued as an interlocutory injunction. No further hearing was had until the hearing on the motion for default judgment, at which time oral argument was heard.
Under the Civil Practice Act, an answer is required to be filed in actions wherein injunctions are sought. See Times-Journal, Inc. v. Jonquil Broadcasting Co., 226 Ga. 673 (177 SE2d 64) (1970). When a timely answer is not filed, a default judgment may be entered in a propfer case.
Prior to entering a default judgment in an equity *268case, a determination must be made that, accepting the allegations of the plaintiffs claims as true, the plaintiff is entitled to the relief sought. For the reasons stated in Division 2 of the majority opinion, the plaintiff was not entitled to the relief sought, and the trial court did not err in overruling the motion for default judgment, although the defendants did not timely file an answer to the plaintiffs complaint.