Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc. v. Thornton

111 Ga. App. 635 (1965)

142 S.E.2d 422

ORKIN EXTERMINATING COMPANY, INC.

v.

THORNTON et al.

41178.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Argued March 3, 1965.

Decided May 3, 1965.

J. Edmund Pedrick, Wilson G. Pedrick, Bennett, Pedrick & Bennett, for plaintiff in error.

Carroll Russell, contra.

BELL, Presiding Judge.

Gus Thornton brought this action seeking damages against Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc. of South Georgia. The petition was served by a deputy sheriff, who made return of service as follows: "I have this day served the defendant . . . with a true copy of the within petition and process by handing…