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· 3/14/2003

Sprewell v. Thompson & Hutson, South Carolina, LLC

Citations

  • 581 S.E.2d 322
  • 260 Ga. App. 312
  • 2003 Fulton County D. Rep. 1013
  • 2003 Ga. App. LEXIS 353

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “to make a ‘showing’ Nos. 23AP-221 & 23AP-222 4 that a meritorious defense exists, ‘the defendant must provide factual information and may not rely solely on conclusions.’ ”
  • counsel’s affidavit amounted to nothing more than general denial that defendant was not indebted to plaintiff
  • trial court did not err in determining that law firm was entitled to recover attorney fees and expenses associated with its work in collection action
  • this court’s decision must be made on record and not upon briefs of counsel
  • “In such affidavit, the only attempt counsel made in setting out a defense was a general denial that [defendant] was not indebted to [the plaintiff]. Such conclusionary statements cannot constitute the showing of a meritorious defense.”

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Judges: Eldridge, Johnson, Mikell

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