MORTEMOTH CO. v. SOUTHEASTERN FUR CO.

37410.

98 Ga. App. 637 (1958)

106 S.E.2d 194

MORTEMOTH COMPANY v. SOUTHEASTERN FUR COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 13, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Congdon, Holley & Smith, Donald D. Smith, for plaintiff in error.

Boller & Yow, D. Field Yow, contra.


GARDNER, Presiding Judge.

A plaintiff's name ending in the word "company" imports a legal entity and thus will support an amendment showing the status of such plaintiff, although a name not purporting a legal entity, such as "Dalton Marble Works" does not contain enough to amend by. Western & Atlantic R. Co. v. Dalton Marble Works, 122 Ga. 774 (50 S. E. 978). It is well settled that a suit naming the plaintiff as "The Blank Company" may always be...

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