Smith v. Upshaw

Head, Presiding Justice.

1. Where the bylaws of an electric membership corporation require that its board of directors be named from different counties, the office of director in one county is not the same office as that of director in another county. Each is a separate office and they can not properly be joined as respondents in one quo warranto proceeding. Sweat v. Barnhill, 171 Ga. 294 (11) (155 SE 18); Center v. Arp, 198 Ga. 574 (32 SE2d 308).

2. Except as the Constitution may otherwise authorize, all civil cases shall be tried in the county of the defendant’s residence. Constitution, Art.…