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Hawkins v. Turner

Citations

  • 303 S.E.2d 164
  • 166 Ga. App. 50
  • 1983 Ga. App. LEXIS 2063

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • use of misnomer of a corporation, not a fictitious or trade name, raised fact question as to individual liability
  • in which the court held the use of the designation “Inc.” raised the inference that the party knew the contract was executed by a corporate entity
  • fact that contract misidentified the corporation on whose behalf the agent executed the agreement did not render the agent personally liable on the contract as a matter of law
  • “Hawkins Plumbing Co., Inc.” was misnomer of “Hawkins Heating & Plumbing Co., Inc.”
  • “Hawkins Plumbing Co., Inc.” was misnomer of “Hawkins Heating & Plumbing Co., Inc.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Carley, Shulman, Quillian

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23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

48 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases named Hawkins v. Turner

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