Northwestern Nat. Ins. Co. v. Kennesaw Transp., Inc., 67125
Decision Date | 01 November 1983 |
Docket Number | No. 67125,67125 |
Parties | NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. KENNESAW TRANSPORTATION, INC. |
Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Raymon H. Cox, Rome, for appellant.
Russell L. Adkins, Jr., Marietta, for appellee.
Kennesaw Transportation, plaintiff below, had insurance coverage for loss of goods and merchandise with Northwestern National Insurance Company, and insurance covering employee dishonesty with Bituminous Insurance Company. On November 5, 1981, Kennesaw suffered a loss of goods and merchandise through employee dishonesty. Both insurance companies refused to pay the claim. Kennesaw brought this action against both insurers to recover the loss.
Northwestern's registered agent for service was Kyle Leonard. The return of service on Northwestern shows it was made "by leaving a copy of the within action and summons with Dorothy Jackson, in charge of the office and place of doing business of said Corporation..." The action went into default by Northwestern and plaintiff took judgment for the amounts demanded. Northwestern filed a Motion to Set Aside the Default Judgment contending that Dorothy Jackson was not a proper person for service of process, and the judgment was void. Northwestern submitted two affidavits with its motion. The affidavit of Kyle Leonard stated that he was the manager for the local Northwestern office and the registered agent for service and that Dorothy Jackson was an employee of Northwestern, but was neither an officer, stockholder, director, or agent, and was not a proper person to receive service. She was not in charge of the office, but "was an employee whose job description entailed the duties and activities of a clerk in the mail department..." Dorothy Jackson's affidavit repeated the same matter.
Kennesaw introduced the affidavits of two Fulton County Deputy Sheriffs who made the service upon Jackson. They stated that they went to the office of Northwestern and asked for Kyle Leonard
The Motion to Set Aside Judgment was filed January 4, 1983. The affidavits of Leonard and Jackson were filed with the motion. The opposing affidavits of the two Deputy Sheriffs were filed February 21, 1983. Two counter-affidavits were filed by Northwestern on March 7, 1983. Kennesaw's Motion to Expunge the latter affidavits was granted as they were filed after the hearing on the motion. Northwestern's motion to open default was denied and they bring this appeal. Held:
The record does not indicate whether Northwestern is a domestic or a foreign corporation. Our Civil Practice Act provides that service may be perfected upon a domestic corporation by delivering a copy of the summons, attached to a copy of the complaint, to an officer of the corporation, secretary, cashier, managing or other agent (OCGA § 9-11-4(d)(1) (Code Ann. § 81A-104)); and, if the entity is a foreign corporation, by service upon a managing or other agent, cashier, secretary, or agent designated for service of process (OCGA § 9-11-4(d)(2) (...
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