Legal Opinion
Pryor v. Douglas Shopper — Coffee County News
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 10, 1999No. A98A1933PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Barnes, Judge.
After Gerald H. Pryor filed suit against the “Douglas Shopper — The Coffee County News,” Carlene S. Phelps, Joseph M. Phelps, and William H. Kibbey, the defendants moved to dismiss his complaint because of insufficient service of process. Subsequently, the trial court found that Pryor had not exercised due diligence in perfecting service of process before the statute of limitation expired and dismissed the complaint. Pryor contends on appeal that the trial court abused its discretion by dismissing his complaint. He claims that he exercised due diligence in that a “boilerplate”…
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