Central Georgia Power Co. v. Parnell
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages: from city court of Jackson — Judge Fletcher. April 22, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtPottle, J.
The suit was in tort, for damages alleged to have been caused by sickness produced by the erection and maintenance of a large pond of water by -the defendant. The only questions involved in the record are, first, whether the venue of the suit was properly laid in Butts county, and, second, whether, if so, service was perfected upon the defendant in the manner prescribed by law.
1, 2. Both of these questions depend upon a construction of the Civil Code (1910), § 2259, which is in the following language: “Any corporation, mining, or joint-stock company, chartered by authority of this State, may…
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