Legal Opinion
Equity Trust Company v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 19, 2016No. A16A0813PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McFADDEN, Judge.
This appeal is from the denial of a motion to dismiss for improper venue. Because the trial court’s dismissal rests on an erroneous legal theory, we vacate the order and remand the case for further proceedings.
Ronald G. Jones II filed a complaint against Eddie L. Long, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Inc., Ephren Taylor, Jr., City Capital Corporation, Robert Batt, and Equity Trust Company, alleging that he had been fraudulently induced into moving $60,000 into sham investments. Equity Trust Company moved to dismiss the complaint for improper venue on the basis of forum…
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