Legal Opinion
Block v. Voyager Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 15, 1983No. 39675PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
We granted certiorari to determine whether under the Civil Practice Act, OCGA Title 9, Chapter 11 (Code Ann. Title 81A), the pleadings may be amended to substitute a named party plaintiff when suit is filed in the name of a party which is not a legal entity. The Court of Appeals answered this question in the negative based upon holdings of this court prior to the adoption of the Civil Practice Act, and a line of cases following those decisions. Voyager Life Ins. Co. v. Estate of Frank G. Bagley, 165 Ga. App. 212 (299 SE2d 118) (1983). We now reverse and hold that such…
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- Orange County Trust Company v. Estate of Abe TakowskyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
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