Cobb v. Stephens

If ever a case demonstrated that justice is blind, this is it, consid*653ering the majority opinion’s denial of the apparent conflict of authority on the issue of relation back of amendments adding a party. Perhaps the majority opinion considers it “the prerogative of a lofty mind not only to enlighten by its wisdom but to enslave by its authority.” McLin v. Harvey, 8 Ga. App. 360, 363 (69 SE 123) (1910). When conflicting lines of authority exist, the ball is in our court to call time and rectify our mistakes.

That this court has applied conflicting rules with regard to the relation back of…