Villa Rica Manufacturing Co. v. General American Life Insurance

Where the name of the plaintiff imports a corporation, there is a presumption that such party is a corporation, and this presumption prevails until the contrary is shown. Also, when the allegation is made that the plaintiff is a corporation, it is incumbent upon the defendant to prove affirmatively that no such corporation exists, in order to sustain a defense to this effect. The name of the plaintiff in the present case, General American Life Insurance Company, imports a coporation; and there being nothing in the record to contravert the presumption of its corporate existence, the burden in…