108 Ga. 784 | Ga. | 1899
1,. Though a judge, after setting a day.for an interlocutory hearing upon an application for an injunction, had not, before the arrival of that day, any power to change the time of the hearing to a later day without the consent of all the parties at interest, yet where, acting upon the consent of some of the attorneys representing both sides, he signed an order postponing the hearing, upon the validity of which counsel for
2. Inasmuch as the court erred in overruling the motion to postpone, the subsequent proceedings were irregular, and the judgment excepted to was nugatory.
3. It follows from the foregoing, that the order to which exception is taken, striking a portion of the defendant’s answer, should be rescinded, and that another day fo r the hearing should be appointed, with opportunity to both sides to perfect their pleadings and procure and present evidence.
Judgment reversed.