Legal Opinion
Ludi v. Van Metre
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 21, 1996No. A96A0530PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Judge.
Pursuant to this Court’s grant of his application for interlocutory review, Dr. Ludi appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss in Civil Action No. E-35041, filed as a renewal action of previously dismissed Civil Action No. E-31380. The motion was based on the inapplicability of OCGA § 9-2-61, lack of personal service of the original action, and other grounds. We need consider only the personal service issue in the context of OCGA § 9-2-61 to conclude that the original suit was void and no renewal was possible under OCGA § 9-2-61. We reverse.
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