Case Name: Perkins Company v. Shewmake & Murphey
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1904-03-03
Citations: 119 Ga. 617
Docket Number: 
Parties: Perkins Company v. Shewmake & Murphey.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Simmons, C. J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 119
Pages: 617–617

Head Matter:
Perkins Company v. Shewmake & Murphey.
Submitted February 18,
Decided March 3, 1904.
Attachment. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. January 9, 1903.
J. Howell Green and O. D. Maddox, for plaintiff in error.
K V. Garter, contra.

Opinion:
Cobb, J.
1. A suit against the " C. H. Perkins Company " is not void, these words importing a corporation. Mattox v. State, 115 Ga. 212, 219; Adas Yeshurun Society v. Fish, 117 Ga. 345; Holcombe v. Cable Co., 119 Ga. 466.
2. A petition in such a suit may be amended by alleging that the company is a partnership composed of named individuals. Smith v. Columbia Jewelry Co., 114 Ga. 691.
3. A petition in a suit against the " C. H. Perkins Company, a corporation," is amendable by striking the words " a corporation," and making an allegation that the company is a partnership composed of named individuals. See Anglo-American Packing Co. v. Turner Casing Co. (Kan.), 8 Pac. 403; Prairie Lodge v. Smith, 58 Miss. 301.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur, except Simmons, C. J., absent.