Chambless v. Livingston
Cases that cite this one
21 later published cases cite this decision.
- Buford v. Southern Cotton Oil Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1917)
- Burson v. Lunsford (Ga. Ct. App. 1936)
- Hoffman International Corp. v. Overstreet (Ga. Ct. App. 1964)
- Buice v. Campbell (Ga. Ct. App. 1959)
- Scoggins v. General Finance & Thrift Corp. (Ga. Ct. App. 1950)
- Maddox v. Carithers (Ga. Ct. App. 1948)
- Miami Butterine Co. v. Frankel (Ga. 1940)
- Miami Butterine Co. v. Frankel (Ga. 1940)
- Buttersworth v. Swint (Ga. Ct. App. 1936)
- Greenblatt v. McCurdy (Ga. Ct. App. 1929)
- Woodbury v. Atlanta Dental Supply Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1927)
- Whelchel v. Roark (Ga. Ct. App. 1923)
- Hill v. Cox (Ga. 1921)
- Mitchell v. Martel Manufacturing Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1921)
- Price v. Hamilton (Ga. 1917)
- Brooke v. Lowry National Bank (Ga. 1914)
- Glass v. Allen (Ga. 1913)
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. McBee (Ga. Ct. App. 1913)
- St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. Zumwalt (Okla. 1912)
- Hodnett v. Stewart (Ga. 1908)
- Neal v. Davis Foundry & Machine Works (Ga. 1908)
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Opinion of the Court
1. When upon the call' of the appearance docket no entry of default is made, the court may in its discretion, at a subsequent term, permit a plea to be filed at any time before such entry has been made. Davis v. Railroad Co., 107 Ga. 420 (1); Gordon v. Hudson, 120 Ga. 698.
2. In an action for damages for a conversion of personalty, proof of title to the property in the plaintiff, possession in the defendant, a demand for •possession, and a refusal by the defendant to surrender the propérty to the plaintiff, prior to the filing of the suit, makes a prima facie case for recovery, although it does not appear that the defendant was in possession at the time the suit was filed.
Judgment reversed.
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