Case Name: Greene v. Barron et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1904-03-31
Citations: 119 Ga. 901
Docket Number: 
Parties: Greene v. Barron et al.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 119
Pages: 901–901

Head Matter:
Greene v. Barron et al.
Argued November 21, 1903.
Decided March 31, 1904.
Motion to dismiss the writ of error.
J. M. & H. J. McBride, for plaintiff.
Brown & Roop, Lloyd Thomas, and Head & Head, for defendants.

Opinion:
Pish, P. J.
1. When in an action on a bond against the principal and his sureties the petition was dismissed on joint demurrer of all the defendants, the sureties were necessary parties defendant to a bill of exceptions sued out by the plaintiff, alleging error upon the judgment sustaining such demurrer and dismissing the petition. Western Un. Tel. Co. v. Griffith, 111 Ga. 551, 556-557, and cit.
2. Where persons who are essential parties defendant to a bill of exceptions are neither named nor designated therein as such, and the only attempt to do so is by using with reference to them the abbreviation " et al.," following the name of one who is a proper defendant in error, a motion to dismiss the writ of error for want of necessary parties thereto will be sustained. Farr v. Farr, 113 Ga. 577.
3. An acknowledgment of service upon a bill of exceptions does not relate to or bind any person not actually named or sufficiently designated therein as a defendant in error when the acknowledgment is entered. Orr v. Webb, 112 Ga. 806 (3); Sears v. Jeffords, ante, 821.
Writ of error dismissed.
All the Justices concur.