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Hatten v. Avco Financial Services, Inc.

Supreme Court of Georgia
Jul 2, 1973
199 S.E.2d 259 (Ga. 1973)

Opinion

27999.

ARGUED JUNE 12, 1973.

DECIDED JULY 2, 1973.

Injunction. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge Alverson.

Gary Flack, David A. Webster, for appellant.


On August 11, 1972, Avco obtained in the Civil Court of Fulton County a default judgment against Dorothy Hatten. Later the plaintiff sought to garnishee her wages.

Thereafter, on February 14, 1973, the present complaint was filed in the Superior Court of Fulton County by Dorothy Hatten, in which she sought to have the default judgment set aside and the garnishment proceeding in the State Court of DeKalb County stayed because of a failure of service in the original action wherein the default judgment was obtained.

Service was perfected in the original action by leaving a copy with an unnamed person identified as "a daughter" at an address where the plaintiff here alleges that neither she nor anyone in her family ever lived.

Upon the hearing on the temporary injunction, the trial court dismissed the plaintiff's complaint "as plaintiff has an adequate remedy at law in the Civil Court of Fulton County."

The complaint was sworn to and upon the hearing an affidavit was filed by the plaintiff in which the facts stated in the complaint were more fully stated. Held:

Under decisions exemplified by Termplan, Inc. v. Miller, 228 Ga. 428 ( 186 S.E.2d 102), and DeJarnette Supply Co. v. F. P. Plaza, Inc., 229 Ga. 625 ( 193 S.E.2d 852), the judgment of the trial court dismissing the complaint must be reversed.

Judgment reversed. All the Justices concur.


ARGUED JUNE 12, 1973 — DECIDED JULY 2, 1973.


Summaries of

Hatten v. Avco Financial Services, Inc.

Supreme Court of Georgia
Jul 2, 1973
199 S.E.2d 259 (Ga. 1973)
Case details for

Hatten v. Avco Financial Services, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:HATTEN v. AVCO FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC

Court:Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Jul 2, 1973

Citations

199 S.E.2d 259 (Ga. 1973)
199 S.E.2d 259

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