O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 5-4-8 (2019)

Writing or dictation of answer by parties, attorneys, or interested persons; when verification required

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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The answer shall not be written or dictated by either of the parties, or their attorneys, or any other person interested in the merits of the case. If made after the party making the same has retired from office, it shall be verified by affidavit.

History

(Orig. Code 1863, § 3971; Code 1868, § 3991; Code 1873, § 4063; Code 1882, § 4063; Civil Code 1895, § 4648; Civil Code 1910, § 5197; Code 1933, § 19-303.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS First sentence of section is mandatory. Lee v. Continental Cas. Co., 20 Ga. App. 714, 93 S.E. 262 (1917). Section applies where a second answer is prepared by former counsel in case. Lee v. Continental Cas. Co., 20 Ga. App. 714, 93 S.E. 262 (1917). Section inapplicable to refusal to answer. Zachery v. State, 106 Ga. 123, 32 S.E. 22 (1898). Section does not prevent justice from adopting recitals of fact in petition. Davis v. Rhodes, 112 Ga. 106, 37 S.E. 169 (1900).

Retired police justice may perfect answer, although the justice is assistant city attorney, if not counsel in case. Phillips v. City of Atlanta, 87 Ga. 62, 13 S.E. 201 (1891). Oral objection may lie to unverified affidavit. Love v. Bush, 21 Ga. App. 436, 94 S.E. 626 (1917). Cited in Combs v. State, 9 Ga. App. 840, 72 S.E. 284 (1911); Blackwood v. City of Social Circle, 125 Ga. App. 676, 188 S.E.2d 823 (1972).

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1994–1994 · leading case: Fisher v. City of Atlanta, 442 S.E.2d 762 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994).

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Fisher v. City of Atlanta, 442 S.E.2d 762 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 4× “See OCGA § 5-4-8. OCGA § 5-4-7 requires the “respondent” to answer, and OCGA § 5-4-8 requires the lower factfinder (“judge”) to “answer,” but this answer may be verified by somebody’s affidavit if the party making the answer has “retired from office.”

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