Kimsey & Dopson v. Macon Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action upon contract. Before Judge Frank Park. Dougherty superior court. April 4, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. The return of service by the sheriff is conclusive as to the fact of service, unless traversed according to law. Elder v. Cozart, 59 Ga. 200. But such return is not evidence as to matters which are not properly the subject of the return. 32 Cyc. 515.(a) Under the Civil Code (1910), § 225S, there are two modes prescribed for service of process upon corporations (1) “by serving any officer or agent of such corporation;” (2) “by leaving the same at the place of transacting the usual and ordinary public business of such corporation, if any such place of business then'shall be within the…
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