Fairfax Building Co. v. Oldknow

The same question is involved in both of these cases. O. S. Oldknow and Southern Theatre Equipment Company filed separate suits against the Fairfax Building Company. In each *282suit the defendant filed an identical plea in abatement, as a special appearance for the purpose of denjdng service of the petition and process. It was alleged by the plea that service upon the defendant corporation had been perfected by publication; that the defendant corporation, by an order of the superior court of Fulton county, entered November 30, 1928, in open court in suit No. 78,164, surrendered its charter and…