Southern Railway Co. v. Clark

In a petition for certiorari, error is assigned upon the following decision of the Court of Appeals: “It being shown by the petition that the alleged continuous tort was committed partly in one of the counties of this State, and continued beyond the limits of this State over in an adjoining State, in which latter State the principal injury was committed, the county where the tort originated did not have exclusive jurisdiction (Central of Ga. Ry. Co. v. Dorsey, 116 Ga. 719 (3), 42 S. E. 1024); and since ‘the statutory rule confining suits against railroad companies for torts to the county in…