Court Opinion

ID: 9856521
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:49:36.127219+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:38:57.747507
License: Public Domain

*729On Motion for Rehearing.
The point is made that although the appellant alleges he suffered “loss of salary of $15,000 per year he would have received from November 30, 1962, through July 31, 1964” no contract between himself and the corporation to this effect is set out. This being a tort action, it was unnecessary for the plaintiff to plead the contract or attach it as an exhibit to his petition. Carter v. Spiegel, May Stern Co., 45 Ga. App. 754 (3) (166 SE 34). It is recognized that the corporation and the plaintiff are two separate entities, and that the plaintiff has no right of action for devaluation of the corporation stock or for the invasion of any other right belonging to the corporation as such, since the latter would be the proper party plaintiff in that event even though this plaintiff is the sole owner. However, a petition will not be dismissed on general demurrer if any part of it is good in substance. Hines v. Wilson, 164 Ga. 888 (1) (139 SE 802). This petition alleges that the defendant demanded that both Dalco, Inc. and the plaintiff pay defendant $42,473.01, and that both Dalco, Inc. and plaintiff sign the contract for purchase of materials, and that neither he nor Dalco, Inc. was indebted to the defendants except for the $6,324.45 worth of material used by Dalco, Inc. on the Pine Tree Plant. It is therefore clear that the petition alleges a tort against the plaintiff as an individual and damages accruing to him as an individual distinct from any right of action belonging to Dalco, Inc. as a corporation.

Motion for rehearing denied.