Rivers v. Mathews

1. The petition alleges that the publication upon which the cause is based was made by an employee of either a named person, partnership, or corporation. The alternative allegation that such person was the employee of one of the legal entities mentioned is not an affirmative averment that he was the employee of any of them. Jones v. Hall, 57 Ga. App. 477, 478 (4) (195 S. E. 879); Groover v. Savannah Bank & Trust Co., 186 Ga. 476, 478 (198 S. E. 217); Overton v. Alford, 210 Ga. 780 (82 S. E. 2d 836). In the cases cited the manner in which the cause of action accrued alleged in the alternative…