Minchew v. Nahunta Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Trover, from city court of Brunswick — Judge Krauss. June 19, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
1. Corporate name connotes corporate entity. This is applicable to both civil and criminal cases. Van Winkle Gin Works v. Mathews, 2 Ga. App. 249 (58 S. E. 396); Ager v. State, 2 Ga. App. 158 (58 S. E. 374) ; Foley & Williams Mfg. Co. v. Bell, 4 Ga. App. 448 ( 61 S. E. 856); Charles v. Valdosta Foundry Co., 4 Ga. App. 733 (62 S. E. 493).
2. An action may be properly instituted by employing the initials instead of the full Christian name of the defendant. “In this State men are commonly known by the initials of their Christian names as well as they are by those names in full.” Any common-law…
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