Devendorf v. Midkiff

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellant moved to set aside a default judgment entered against him in a suit by the appellee to recover damages for slander. The trial court denied the motion, and we granted the appellant’s application for a discretionary appeal. The motion to set aside was predicated on lack of personal jurisdiction resulting from insufficiency of service of process.

The suit was filed in the Superior Court of Fulton County. Service was effected by delivering a copy of the complaint and summons into the hands of Scarlett Rooney, age 15, at 910 Nix Road in Alpharetta, which address…