OGDEN EQUIPMENT CO. v. TALMADGE FARMS, INC.

28790.

232 Ga. 614 (1974)

208 S.E.2d 459

OGDEN EQUIPMENT COMPANY v. TALMADGE FARMS, INC. et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scheer & Elsner, Robert A. Elsner, for appellant.

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Victor A. Cavanaugh, Lewis N. Jones, for appellees.


HALL, Justice.

The Court of Appeals has certified the question of whether a motion for summary judgment under Code Ann. § 81A-156 or a motion under Code Ann. § 81A-112 (b), which is treated as one for summary judgment, can be granted on matters in abatement.

"Rule 56 contemplates a judgment on the merits, and cannot be properly utilized to raise matter in abatement." 6 Moore's Federal Practice 2437, §...

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