Carter v. Solomon

1. A plea in abatement is a plea “which goes to abate the plaintiff’s action, that is, to suspend or put it off for the present;” while a plea in bar is one “which goes to bar the plaintiff’s action; that is, to defeat it absolutely and entirely.” Black’s Law Dictionary, 901, and eit.

2. Under the provisions of the trade-name registration act of 1929 (Ga. L. 1929, p. 233), embodied in the Code, §§ 106-301-106-304, and the rulings thereon of the Supreme Court and this court, where a person or corporation brings suit for services rendered or work done, the defendant, in his answer or amended…