Northern Contracting Co. v. Maddux

1. Except as especially provided for, all civil cases must be tried in the county where the defendant resides. Const, art. 6, sec. 16, par. 6 (Civil Code of 1910), §§ 5526, 6543. This applies to artificial as well as to natural persons. Central Bank v. Gibson, 11 Ga. 453; McCall v. Central Ry. Co., 120 Ga. 602, 604 (48 S. E. 157).

2. “Parties, by consent express or implied, can not give jurisdiction to the court as to the person or subject-matter of the suit. It may, however, be waived, so far as the rights of the parties are concerned, but not so as to prejudice third persons.” “If a…