Ace Waterproofing Company v. Tremco Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Deen, Judge.

“The principal place of business of a corporation as fixed by its charter is its legal residence and the only place it can be sued in the absence of the application of special statutory provisions. Hutcheson Mfg. Co. v. Chandler, 29 Ga. App. 726, 728 (116 SE 849); Southern Lumber Co. v. Ramsey-Wheeler Co., 38 Ga. App. 481 (144 SE 349).” Singuefield v. General Oglethorpe Hotel Co., 113 Ga. App. 326 (148 SE2d 92). The corporate charter of the defendant Ace Waterproofing Co., Inc. designates its principal office and place of doing business to be in Fulton County, Ga. It is therefore…