Legal Opinion
Lloyd Adams Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 12, 1940No. 13297PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Justice.
Service on the non-resident defendant corporation was perfected by serving the Secretary of State as provided by the non-resident motorist act of 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 732). The first section of that act provides that a non-resident by operating a motor vehicle on the highways of this State shall be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of State of Georgia to be his lawful attorney in fact upon whom may be served all summons or other legal processes in any action against such user, growing out of any accident in which the non-resident user may be involved, and that such…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Power Manufacturing Co. v. SaundersSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Manley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Dependable Insurance Co. v. GibbsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Davis v. United American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
- Price v. Star Service & Petroleum Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
- Williams Bros. Lumber Co. v. MeiselCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
- Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. FloydSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
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