White v. Fireman's Fund Insurance

Hill, Justice.

This appeal challenges the constitutionality of that portion of Code Ann. § 56-1201 (4) (Ga. L. 1960, pp. 289, 500, as amended by Ga. L. 1969, p. 740), which fixes the venue for a suit on the bond of a sheriff or other arresting or law enforcement officer in the county of residence of such officer.

The action arose when appellant Miriam T. White filed suit in Fulton Superior Court for the alleged wrongful death of her husband occurring on March 12, 1973, in the Clayton County jail. Named as defendants were Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (FFIC) and Robert A. Deyton, the Sheriff…