Gold Bond Stamp Co. v. Ballard
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Opinion
In an action filed against Gold Bond Stamp Company, a corporation, the trial court did not err in dismissing defensive pleadings filed by Gold Bond Stamp Company of Georgia and awarding judgment for the plaintiff against Gold Bond Stamp Company. Accord Parramore v. Alexander, 132 Ga. 642, 645, 647 (64 SE 660); McGowans v. Speed Oil Co., 94 Ga. App. 35 (93 SE2d 597); Ritchie Gas of Cornelia v. Ferguson, 111 Ga. App. 187 (140 SE2d 925).
The record shows that there exist two distinct corporations, Gold Bond Stamp Company and Gold Bond Stamp Company of Georgia, and the return of the sheriff shows service on Gold Bond Stamp Company, a corporation. Cases relied on by the appellant, involving issues of necessary parties to an action, or holding when the suit misstated the name of the corporate defendant that the misnomer was cured by amend[39]*39ment or by appearance and pleading of the defendant, when it was not shown that there existed a corporation with the name used by the plaintiff in filing the suit, are not controlling. See Mayor &c. of Brunswick v. Finney, 54 Ga. 318; Rhodes v. City of Louisville, 121 Ga. 511 (49 SE 681); Commissioners of McIntosh County v. Aiken Canning Co., 123 Ga. 647 (51 SE 585); Saunders v. Mayor &c. of Arlington, 147 Ga. 581 (94 SE 1022); Ernest G. Beaudry, Inc. v. Freeman, 73 Ga. App. 736 (38 SE2d 40).
Since the facts shown in the deposition of the plaintiff are not inconsistent with the facts shown by other parts of the record with respect to the identity of the defendant, the trial court’s failure to consider this deposition in ruling on the plaintiff’s motion to dismiss the defensive pleadings filed by Gold Bond Stamp Company of Georgia and award judgment for the plaintiff was not harmful to the appellant.
Judgment affirmed.
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