Court Opinion

ID: 9847464
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:00:13.900017+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:14.173010
License: Public Domain

Gunter, Justice,
concurring specially. The appellant has attacked service of summons upon her pursuant to Code Ann. § 81A-104 (d) (6), leaving a copy of the summons and complaint at her most notorious place of abode since the amount sued for was less than two hundred ($200) dollars.
Service in this manner was actually effective in this case, because the appellant in due time filed her responsive pleadings which were subject to her attack on this mode of service being unconstitutional.
It is therefore clear in this case that the appellant has not been denied due process or equal protection. She is in court in due time and ready to litigate all issues with the appellee. She has not and cannot be damaged by the mode of service here attacked. What she is asserting in this appeal is a technical constitutional defect in this statutory type of service. I therefore concur in the affirmance of the judgment below, because the service perfected in this case has not caused any harm or detriment to the appellant.
*140However, I am of the opinion that Subsection 6 of subparagraph (d) of this statute is violative of equal protection under both the Georgia and Federal Constitutions; and in a proper case it should be declared unconstitutional. I can see no rational basis for making a distinction in the manner of service of summons in actions involving less than two hundred ($200) dollars and those involving two hundred ($200) dollars or more. In other words, I would hold that "in all other cases” involving any stated amount, service must be perfected in accordance with Subsection 7 of subparagraph (d) of this statute.
I concur in the judgment.