BANK SOUTH, N. A. v. TATE

77362.

190 Ga. App. 248 (1989)

378 S.E.2d 486

BANK SOUTH, N. A. v. TATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyce, Thompson & O'Brien, Peter F. Boyce, Albert F. Nasuti, for appellant.

Weiner, Dwyer & Yancey, J. Matthew Dwyer, Jr., Thomas C. Dempsey, for appellee.


POPE, Judge.

The issue presented in this interlocutory appeal is whether a person served with process intended for another and who answers denying he is the intended defendant and who also counterclaims for malicious use of process can maintain the counterclaim. Appellant Bank South argues that such a person is a non-party to the action and cannot maintain a counterclaim. The trial court disagreed and denied appellant's motion to dismiss.

Appellant filed an...

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