Bricks v. Walker Showcase, Inc.

Clarke, Justice.

This appeal calls into question two provisions of Georgia law relating to the means of perfecting service upon a domestic corporation. One procedure appears in the Civil Practice Act and another appears in the Georgia Business Corporation Code. The question is whether the CPA requirement of an affidavit setting forth facts showing that service upon the officers or agents of a corporation cannot be had within the state applies also to the Georgia Business Corporation Code section dealing with service upon a corporation at its registered office. We hold that it does not.

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