Medical College of Georgia v. Rushing
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Eve. City court of Richmond county. March 1, 1905. James L. Rushing brought suit against the. Medical College of • Georgiana corporation, in the city court of Richmond county. The petition was .filed on the 16th day of August, 1904, and process was attached returnable to the September term, 1904, of the court. Service of this suit was made on Dr. DeSaussure Ford, and the following entyy of service was made: “State of Georgia, Richmond County.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Eve. City court of Richmond county. March 1, 1905. James L. Rushing brought suit against the. Medical College of • Georgiana corporation, in the city court of Richmond county. The petition was .filed on the 16th day of August, 1904, and process was attached returnable to the September term, 1904, of the court. Service of this suit was made on Dr. DeSaussure Ford, and the following entyy of service was made: “State of Georgia, Richmond County. I have this day served the Defendant, Dr. DeSaussure Ford, President of the Medical College of Georgia, personally with…
1Opinion of the CourtEvaNS, J.
(After stating the facts.) 1. The suit was against the Medical College of Georgia, a public eleemosynary corporation and a branch of the University of Georgia. See Acts of 1828, p. 111; Acts of 1829, p. 107; Acts of 1833, p. 130; Pol. Code, §1300. The original service was upon Dr. Ford, who was designated in the return of service as the “President of the Medical College of Georgia,” but who, in the amended entry of service, was designated as “Dean of the Faculty of the Medical College.” The undisputed facts brought to light on the trial of the traverse to the return of service disclosed that…
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