Wimberly v. Harris

1. As provided in article 6, section 16, paragraph 6 of the constitution of this State (Civil Code of 1910, § 6543), “Civil cases shall be tried in the county where the defendant resides.” The defendant being an individual and not a corporation, and although engaged as a private carrier in the operation of automobile trucks for hire and coming within the provisions of the motor-carrier act approved March 31, 1931 (Ga. L. Ex. Sess. 1931, pp. 99, 107), is nevertheless subject to suit at common law only in the county in which he resides. Section 13 of the act, which provides for the venue of…