Brougham Casket & Vault Co. v. DeLoach

Barnes, Presiding Judge.

In this suit on an open commercial account, the registered agent of defendant Brougham Casket & Vault Company, LLC (“Brougham”), who was not an attorney, signed and served Brougham’s responses to the plaintiff’s requests for admission. Concluding that Brougham could only be represented in the litigation by an attorney, the trial court ruled that the responses were defective and struck them. The trial court further ruled that the plaintiff’s requests for admission were deemed admitted by Brougham by operation of law; that *702Brougham had failed to properly seek to withdraw…