GREENE v. GULF OIL CORPORATION

43984.

119 Ga. App. 87 (1969)

166 S.E.2d 626

GREENE v. GULF OIL CORPORATION.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 7, 1969.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greene & Greene, James E. Greene, for appellee.

Stone & Stone, Hugh W. Stone, John C. Lee, for appellee.


EBERHARDT, Judge.

1. Is this judgment void because of the provisions of Code § 24-1302 relative to the continuance of a case in the justice court wherein a counter-affidavit or a verified defense has been filed? We think not.

As Judge Powell pointed out in dealing with a similar provision as to a suit on a written obligation, "The manifest legislative intent is to give to the plaintiff the right to exercise his own volition as to whether the trial...

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