Robinson v. Star Gas of Hawkinsville, Inc.

Smith, Judge.

We granted interlocutory appeal in this case to consider an unusual application of the principle of “vanishing venue.” This long standing rule arose from the construction of two provisions of the Georgia Constitution: first, that a defendant is entitled to be sued in the county of his residence, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. II, Par, VI, and second, that joint tortfeasor residents of different Georgia counties may be sued in either county. Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. II, Par. IV. Two basic principles have been established by the case law. “Where suit is brought against two…