Wilson v. City of Atlanta

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Donald P. Wilson filed an action against the City of Atlanta and R. N. Owen, T. A. Sturgis, J. L. Stroud, F. D. Echols, E. A. Bell and Morris Redding, and on March 7, 1986, the trial court granted the defendant individuals’ motion to dismiss for insufficiency of service of process. Subsequently, on October 6, 1986, the trial court granted the City of Atlanta’s motion to dismiss based on plaintiff’s failure to comply with Georgia’s ante-litem notice statute, OCGA § 36-33-5. Plaintiff appeals. Held:

In two enumerations of error, plaintiff contends that he had…