Seabolt v. Edghill

Birdsong, Judge.

The Seabolts appeal the dismissal of their complaint with prejudice for failure to perfect proper service of process. Mrs. Seabolt was injured on July 4, 1985, when her car was in a collision with one driven by Edghill. On October 6, 1986, she and Mr. Seabolt filed suit against Edghill to recover the damages sustained as a result of the collision and for Mr. Seabolt’s loss of consortium.

A deputy sheriff purported to serve process on Edghill by serving his mother at her address in Morrow, Georgia. Thereafter, Edghill filed a “Special Answer” raising as a defense “insufficiency…