Whenever application is made to the Secretary of State to obtain a charter or the authorization of articles of incorporation for any purpose, it shall be unlawful for the applicant either to use the name of any person, order, lodge, society, or corporation as a corporate name or to mention any such name in connection with the purpose of such proposed organization without furnishing at the time of application an affidavit of consent executed by such person, order, lodge, society, or corporation.
(Ga. L. 1923, p. 82, § 1; Code 1933, § 22-202; Code 1933, § 22-4201, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 238 et seq.
C.J.S.- 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 132 et seq.