Atlanta Metallic Casket Co. v. Mosby Truck Service, Inc.

Eberhahdt, Judge.

The question in this case is the jurisdiction of the Civil Court of Fulton County over nonresident motorists and the solution depends on statutory interpretation. Prior to 1955, the Nonresident Motorists Act1 provided that the courts “having jurisdiction of tort and criminal actions” would have jurisdiction under the act. In 1955, the General Assembly amended the act as set out in the footnote.2

*678Plaintiff (plaintiff in error) filed suit against the nonresident defendant in the Civil Court of Fulton County for property damage as the result of an auto collision. The defendant…