Court Opinion

ID: 9580930
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:10:16.631191+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:36:36.337597
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Hall, Judge,
concurring specially.
I concur with Division 1 (a) of the majority opinion to the extent that the contents of Mrs. Gately’s affidavits do not affirmatively show that the material parts thereof were made on her personal knowledge.
Since it has been held that the affidavits fail to meet this fundamental test and are not entitled to consideration, I see no reason for this court to engage in any dictum as to whether the contents of these affidavits would or would not be sufficient to rebut the evidence presented by the defendant in support of his motion for summary judgment had they been made on personal knowledge.
“A statement in the jurat to the effect that the affidavit is made upon personal knowledge is generally sufficient” to comply with the Act, but the requirement of personal knowledge may be met by other material in evidence, at least when no objection to the form of the affidavit was made in the trial court. Holland v. Sanfax Corp., 106 Ga. App. 1, 5, supra; Lawson v. American Motorists Ins. Corp., 217 F2d 724, 726 (5th Cir. 1954); Chambers v. United States, 357 F2d 224, 228 (8th Cir. 1966).