Crosby v. Dixie Metal Co., 45755
Decision Date | 16 June 1971 |
Docket Number | No. 2,No. 45755,45755,2 |
Parties | Abe CROSBY, Jr. v. DIXIE METAL COMPANY |
Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Harry F. Thompson, Macon, for appellant.
E. Gantt Williams, Jr., Macon, for appellee.
Syllabus Opinion by the Court
The plaintiff, Dixie Metal Company, brought an action against the defendant, Crosby, in the Civil Court of Bibb County on April 9, 1969, upon which service was acknowledged by the attorney for the defendant on May 1, 1969, and answer filed on May 7, 1969. The case was called for trial on May 27, 1969, and the verdict directed for the plaintiff. Defendant filed a motion to set aside the judgment on June 22, 1970, based on the contention that the Civil Practice Act applied to the Civil Court of Bibb County and that since the defendant had 30 days in which to file his answer, the case could not be tried nor any judgment rendered against him prior thereto without his consent. His motion was overruled on July 10, 1970, and the defendant appealed. Section 18 of the Act of 1955 (Ga.L.1955, pp. 2552, 2560) provides for the holding of monthly terms of said court on the third Monday of each month and that suit shall be filed in the clerk's office of said court at least 15 days before the first day of the term at which it is returnable and shall be served at least 10 days before the first day of said term, and that the appearance term of said court shall also be the trial term thereof. Held:
1. The Civil Court of Bibb County is a court of record within the meaning of Section 1 of the Georgia Civil Practice Act (Ga.L.1966, pp. 609, 610). Crosby v. Dixie Metal Co., 227 Ga. 541, 181 S.E.2d 823, answering certified question from this court. It necessarily follows therefore that the procedures established in the Georgia Civil Practice Act apply to the Civil Court of Bibb County, but do they apply to the extent of repeal of the provision of the Act creating such court inconsistent therewith? The passage of a general law will not necessarily be so construed as to repeal an existing particular or special law, unless it is plainly manifest from the terms of the general law that such was the intention of the law-making body, Davis v. Dougherty County, 116 Ga. 491(1), 42 S.E. 764. Jones v. Stokes, 145 Ga. 745, 749, 89 S.E. 1078, 1080. Applying to the present case the principles recognized and enunciated in the foregoing authorities, we think it clearly appears from the Georgia Civil Practice Act that it was the intention of the legislature that it apply to all courts of record, that being the only classification of courts to which it does apply.
2. Section 12(a) of the Civil Practice Act (Ga.L.1966, pp. 609, 622; Ga.L.1967, pp. 226, 231; Code Ann. § 81A-112(a)) provides that a defendant shall serve his answer within 30 days of the service upon him 'unless otherwise provided by statute,' and it has been contended that since it is otherwise provided by statute in the Act, as amended, creating the Civil Court of Bibb County, that this comes within the exception of the Civil Practice Act, Hines v. Wingo, 120 Ga.App. 614, 171 S.E.2d 905.
In Gresham v. Symmers, 227 Ga. 616, 182 S.E.2d 764, holding a portion of the Act of March 29, 1968 (Ga.L.1968, pp. 2928-2934) relating to the Civil and Criminal Court of DeKalb County (State Court of DeKalb County) unconstitutional, the Supreme Court of this State held that 'the phrase 'otherwise provided by statute' relates to such special statutory proceedings (such as quo warranto,...
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