150 Ga. 757 | Ga. | 1920
1. “A judgment founded on a verdict obtained by fraud prac-
ticed on the defendant and the court may be set aside, and the original case reinstated, in a court of law, with proper pleadings, and with all the parties at interest as parties to the motion; the motion being made at the term of the court at which the verdict and judgment were entered, and the movant showing that he was not in laches, had a meritorious defense, and announcing ready for an instant trial.” Ford v. Clark, 129 Ga. 292 (58 S. E. 818). See also Boyd v. Boyd, 135 Ga. 186 (68 S. E. 1095) ; Albright v. American Central Ins. Co., 147 Ga. 492, 493 (94 S. E. 561).
2. The motion to set aside the verdict and judgment in this case met the requirements of the foregoing rule; and the judge did not err in overruling the demurrer to the petition.
Judgment affirmed.
cited: Clark’s Cove Guano Co. v. Steed, 99 Ga. 44; Ayer v. James, 120 Ga. 580; Georgia Ry. &c. Co. v. Hamer, 1 Ga. App 673; Dugan v. McGlann, 60 Ga. 353 ; Pulliam v. Dillard, 71 Ga. 598, Civil Code, §§ 4584, 5362, 5363, 5365.
cited (beside cases cited in the syllabus, supra) : Seagraves v. Powell, 143 Ga. 572, 579; Worthy v. Farmers Life Confederation, 144 Ga. 512; Lyons v. State, 7 Ga. App. 50, 52; Shaw v. Watson, 52 Ga. 203.