Legal Opinion
Stuart v. Peykan, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 19, 2003No. A03A0519PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackburn, Presiding Judge.. Frederick A. Stuart appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to Peykan, Inc. and the denial of his own motion for summary judgment, arguing, among other things, that the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over him. We agree that the trial court lacked jurisdiction and reverse.
As the trial court correctly observed in its order, a motion for summary judgment is an improper vehicle for raising the issue of lack of personal jurisdiction. A motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction is a motion in abatement and not a motion in bar and cannot…
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