Legal Opinion
Church v. Bell
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 18, 1994No. A94A0684PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Presiding Judge.
This is a direct appeal from the judgment of a superior court dismissing the complaint against Jack T. Bell, John Martin, Vicki Walker (in their individual and official capacities), the Sheriff’s Department of Carroll County, and Carroll County, Georgia, because of insufficient service of process. The case arises from the death of Bobby Thompson while he was being transferred from Carrollton to a hospital in Columbus, Georgia.
On appellees’ motion to dismiss the complaint against them, the trial court found that the original service on the sheriff and his deputies was…
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- Hillyer v. PearsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
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