Peachtree Plastics, Inc. v. Verhine

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• holding corporation, through attorney, could relate back to answer filed by non-attorney president
• because a corporation can only be represented in a court of record by an attorney, the answer filed by its nonattorney president was defective
• because a corporation can only be represented in a court of record by an attorney, the answer filed by its nonattorney president was defective
• amended answer filed by attorney of record on behalf of corporation before entry of pre-trial order “related back” to the time the answer was filed and was legally sufficient
• trial court erred by striking amended answer and granting default judgment where defendant had cured defect by filing an amended answer prior to the entry of a pretrial order
• trial court erred by striking amended answer and granting default judgment where defendant had cured defect by filing an amended answer prior to the entry of a pretrial order

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