Orkin Exterminating Co. v. Thornton

Bell, Presiding Judge.

Gus Thornton brought this action seeking damages against Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc. of South Georgia. The petition was served by a deputy sheriff, who made return of service as follows: “I have this day served the defendant . . . with a true copy of the within petition and process by handing same to Robert Highsmith, the agent in charge of defendant’s office or place of business in Pierce County, Georgia ... in person.”

Defendant traversed the entry of service, contending that it had no office or place of business in the county and no agent in the county upon whom…