Tribble v. Knight

1. “Equity cases shall be tried in the county where a defendant resides against whom substantial relief is prayed.” Civil Code (1910), § 6540.

2. This was a suit in equity for injunction, and was not a suit respecting title to land. Cook v. Grimsley, 175 Ga. 138 (165 S. E. 30).

3. The defendants filed a proper plea to the jurisdiction, and insisted upon the same at the interlocutory hearing. While a plea to the jurisdiction is a matter for trial before a jury, and the judge can not finally pass upon the same at an interlocutory hearing (Dean v. Dean, 178 Ga. 712, 174 S. E. 339), yet “if it…