Cox v. Strickland
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action of libel. Before Judge Mitchell. Brooks superior court. May 4, 1903. Au action for libel was brought in 1894, in Clinch county, against 110 defendants, some of whom lived in adjoining counties. This suit was dismissed in February, 1898, and renewed in March, 1898, in Brooks county, against all of the defendants, only five of whom were served.
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Action of libel. Before Judge Mitchell. Brooks superior court. May 4, 1903. Au action for libel was brought in 1894, in Clinch county, against 110 defendants, some of whom lived in adjoining counties. This suit was dismissed in February, 1898, and renewed in March, 1898, in Brooks county, against all of the defendants, only five of whom were served. The process was directed to the sheriff of Brooks county; the processes attached to the second originals for the defendants residing in Clinch and Lowndes counties were by the clerk also directed to the sheriff of Brooks county. At the May term,…
1Opinion of the CourtLamar, J.
An action for libel was brought in Brooks county against King, a citizen thereof, and other joint defendants who resided in Clinch and Lowndes counties. These latter insist that the superior court of Brooks county had no jurisdiction under that provision of the constitution allowing suits to be brought in the county of the residence of either “joint trespasser” (Civil Code, § 5872); they claim that force is the gist of the action in trespass-; and that as there is no.force in libel, they are not joint trespassers. In its last analysis their contention amounts to the proposition that the…
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