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POWERS v. SIMMERSON

53695, 53696.

142 Ga. App. 335 (1977)

235 S.E.2d 769

POWERS et al. v. SIMMERSON; and vice versa.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 19, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eva L. Sloan, for appellants.

Dickens, Mangum & Burns, G. Lee Dickens, Jr., Joel D. Burns, for appellee.

McMURRAY, Judge.

Plaintiff Simmerson instigated a dispossessory proceeding against the defendants for nonpayment of rent. The summons required an answer seven days after service with the last possible date to answer on November 30, 1976. On December 3, 1976, defendants requested that they be allowed to answer, having a good and sufficient legal defense to the action (as a matter of right under Code Ann. § 61-303; Ga. L. 1976, pp. 1372, 1377), and the court allowed...

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