Mullinax v. Mullinax
Mullinax v. Mullinax
Opinion of the Court
This appeal is from a judgment that denied ap
After judgment was rendered against him he filed a motion pursuant to § 60 (d) of the Civil Practice Act (Code Ann. § 81A-160 (d)) "on the ground that the pleadings herein affirmatively show no claim in facts exist against the defendant as appears more fully from the affidavit attached hereto.”
The trial judge denied this motion, and we affirm.
Code Ann. § 81A-160 (d) provides: "A motion to set aside must be predicated upon some nonamendable defect which does appear upon the face of the record or pleadings, or a motion to set aside shall also lie to attack a judgment based upon lack of jurisdiction over the person or subject matter, regardless of whether such lack of jurisdiction appears upon the face of the record of pleadings. To be subject to motion to set aside, it is not sufficient that the complaint or other pleading fail to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, but the pleadings must affirmatively show that no claim in fact existed.”
The appellee’s pleadings in the original action do not "affirmatively show that no claim in fact existed.” Therefore, the motion to set aside the judgment was properly overruled.
Judgment affirmed.
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