Smithson v. Harry Norman, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that a default judgment is a final and appealable judgment
• defendant waived objection to service of process when she moved to open default and filed untimely answer without raising objection
• since appellant moved to open default before the entry of judgment, OCGA 9-11-60 was inapplicable
• a defendant waives the defense of insufficient service of process by moving to open default, pleading an allegedly meritorious defense, and filing an answer which raises no objection to service of process
• defendant waives defense of lack of personal jurisdiction based on insufficient service of process by moving to open default, pleading an allegedly meritorious defense, and filing an answer which raises no objection to service of process

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rapid Taxi Co. v. Broughton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-06-12· cited 27×
• Burch v. Dines
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-04-29· cited 15×
• Carter v. Ravenwood Development Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-04-14· cited 11×
• Merry v. Robinson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-11-29· cited 6×
• Ron Medinger v. Michael Williams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-03-13· cited 2×
• Rogers L. Hicks v. Chuck Clay
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-03-16
• Roger L. Hicks v. Chuck Clay and Associates LLC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-06-02
• Federal Express Corporation v. Jarrod K. Denney
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-12-27
• Roderick Green, Jr v. Art and Emerald, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-06-08
• Jovan Douglas v. Chirag Bhakta
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-06-22

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hornsby v. Hancock
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-02-25· cited 19×
• Archer v. Monroe
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-02-24· cited 19×
• First National Insurance Co. of America v. Thain
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1962-12-05· cited 15×
• SHANNON COMPANY, INC. v. Heneveld
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-12-02· cited 14×
• Hiscock v. Hiscock
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1971-03-04· cited 11×
• Dever v. Lee
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-09-06· cited 9×
• Gowdey v. REM Associates
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-09-18· cited 7×
• SHANNON COMPANY v. Heneveld
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-06-13· cited 7×
• Daniel v. Leibolt
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-02-12· cited 5×