Bank of La Fayette v. Home Finance Company of Rome, Georgia

Decision Date04 November 1959
Docket NumberNo. 20637,20637
Citation111 S.E.2d 361,215 Ga. 535
PartiesBANK OF LA FAYETTE v. HOME FINANCE COMPANY OF ROME, GEORGIA, Inc., et al.
CourtGeorgia Supreme Court

Certiorari to Court of Appeals of Georgia.

For former opinion see 99 Ga.App. 873, 110 S.E.2d 57.

Matthews, Maddox, Walton & Smith, Rome, for plaintiff in error.

Clinton J. Morgan, Wright, Rogers, Magruder & Hoyt, Rome, for defendants in error.

Syllabus Opinion by the Court

MOBLEY, Justice.

In view of the ruling of this court in Home Finance Co. of Rome, Georgia, Inc., v. Bank of La Fayette, 215 Ga. ----, 111 S.E.2d 359, where it was held that the defendant had not waived its plea in abatement and traverse of service, the trial of the case upon its merits prior to the trial of the special plea and traverse of service, and a determination that the court had jurisdiction of the defendant was premature, and the proceedings therein were a nullity and must be set aside.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur.

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