Legal Opinion
Mavity v. First of Georgia Insurance
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 22, 1967No. 42794PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Felton, Chief Judge.
1. “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. [Cases cited].” Singuefield v. General Oglethorpe Hotel Co., 113 Ga. App. 326, 327 (148 SE2d 92).
2. The provisions of Code Ann. § 56-1201 (3) (Ga. L. 1960, pp. 289, 500), authorizing venue for actions on any “claim or demand” on insurance companies in any county where the company’s “agent or place of doing business was located at the time the cause of action accrued or the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Dependable Insurance Co. v. GibbsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Tuggle v. Enterprise Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Swift & Company v. LawsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1957
- Butler v. WintonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
- Singuefield v. GENERAL OGLETHORPE HOTEL COMPANYCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
3Cited by9 opinions
- In Re Carmichael Enterprises, Inc.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1971
- C. W. Matthews Contracting Co. v. Capital Ford Truck Sales, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
- Paul Heuring Motors, Inc. v. State Board of Tax CommissionersIndiana Tax Court · 1993
- Stinnett v. EllisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
- First American Title Insurance v. BroadstreetCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
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