203 Ga. App. 173 - Manley v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Appeals from the denial of motions to set aside judgment ... must be brought under the discretionary appeals procedures. OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (8); State Farm Mut. &c. Co. v. Yancey, 258 Ga. 802 ( 375 SE2d 39 ). Further, although no longer authorized for this purpose, OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (8), as amended, specifically includes `(a)ppeals from orders ... denying relief upon a complaint in equity to set aside a judgment' as one of the appeals which must be brought under the discretionary appeals procedures. Under these circumstances there is no doubt that the legislature required the discretionary appeals procedures for appeals from orders or judgments denying relief in cases seeking to set aside judgments.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 207 Ga. App. 726 - Cain v. Moore

2. “complaint was an effort to set aside the judgment of the [trial] court because of fraud. As such efforts are properly brought as motions to set aside the judgment under OCGA § 9-11-60 (d) (2), and as it is the substance and function of the pleadings which are determinative (Holloway v. Frey, 130 Ga. App. 224, 227 ( 202 SE2d 845 ) [(1973)]), we must treat [defendant’s] complaint as a motion to set aside the judgment in which relief was denied.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 238 Ga. App. 210 - Herringdine v. Nalley Equipment Leasing Ltd.