Northern Freight Lines, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Companies, 45094
| Citation | 175 S.E.2d 104,121 Ga.App. 786 |
| Decision Date | 22 May 1970 |
| Docket Number | No. 45094,No. 1,45094,1 |
| Parties | NORTHERN FREIGHT LINES, INC. v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANIES |
| Court | United States Court of Appeals (Georgia) |
Reed & Dunn, R. Elliott Dunn, Jr., Gainesville, for appellant.
Louis D. Yancey, Jr., Atlanta, for appellee.
Syllabus Opinion by the Court
This case is here on appeal from the sustaining of a motion to dismiss which was addressed to a motion to set aside a final judgment entered in garnishment proceedings. The garnishee, appellant here, contended that service was not had on it as required by Code § 46-106; thus, the judgment which was rendered upon the garnishee being in default was invalid.
The return of service recited: 'I have this day served summons of garnishment issued upon within affidavit and bond on Northern Freight Lines by serving the same on Mr. Morris its agent and personally in charge of the office and place of business at the time of service of said garnishee in said county.' Corporate garnishee sought to show by affidavit of its agent that at the time of service another individual other than named in the summons was actually the person in charge of the garnishee's office and place of business. Held:
It should be noted that the legislature has repealed Code § 81-214 which provided for traverse of entry of service. However, we find no legislative intent that this formerly separate procedure be incorporated in a motion to set aside. Section 60(d) of the Civil Practice Act now provides: 'A motion to set aside must be predicated upon some nonamendable defect which does appear upon the face of the record or pleadings.' Code Ann. § 81A-160(d) (Ga.L.1966, pp. 609, 662; 1967, pp. 226, 239, 240). Here the defect alleged could be reached only by going behind the face of the record, and thus this pleading does not meet the requisites of a motion to set aside. Golden Star v. Broyles Insurance Agency, 118 Ga.App. 95, 162 S.E.2d 756.
Since it is brought in the Civil Court of Fulton County, the motion can not be considered as a complaint in equity under Section 60(e) of the Civil Practice Act, to which the old principles contained in the cases decided under Code §§ 37-219 and 110-710, are still applicable. Kitchens v. Clay, 224 Ga. 325, 327, 161 S.E.2d 828; Code § 37-101; Code Ann. § 81A-182 (Ga.L.1966, pp. 609, 670). Cf. Barrett v. Asbell, 225 Ga. 521, 169 S.E.2d 779.
There is authority for the proposition that a court in a proper independent proceeding with the necessary process, might exercise the jurisdiction, which obtained at common law, to set aside judgments for irregularities not appearing on the face of the record. Town Finance & Thrift Corporation v. Franklin Life Insurance Company, 98 Ga.App. 64, 68, 104 S.E.2d 640; Union Compress Company v. A. Leffler & Son, 122 Ga. 640, 50 S.E. 483; Roberts v. Roberts, 150 Ga. 757(1), 105 S.E. 448. However, we need not determine the present viability of that rule in conjunction with Section 60. For, even if it be construed as proper to consider extrinsic facts in a motion of this nature, we point out that the marshal and deputy marshal who served the process were not made parties.
Our appellate courts have long recognized that sheriffs and their deputies must be parties to proceedings traversing their entry...
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