Legal Opinion
Speed Oil Co. v. Aycock
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 12, 1939No. 12648PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Presiding Justice.
It is declared in the Code, § 22-1102: “Any corporation chartered by authority of this State *48may be sued on contracts in that county in which the contract sought to be enforced was made or is to be performed, if it has an office and transacts business there.” It is a legislative power to declare the residence of corporations. Davis V. Central Railroad & Banking Co., 17 Ga. 323; Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Oaks, 52 Ga. 410; Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. Atkinson, 94 Ga. 780, 783 (21 S. E. 1010); Gilbert v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co., 104 Ga.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Gilbert v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Central Georgia Power Co. v. StubbsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. OaksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
- Savannah, Florida & Western Rwy. Co. v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
- Merritt v. Cotton States Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1875
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Dependable Insurance Co. v. GibbsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Radcliffe v. Boyd Motor Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
- Martin & Thompson Inc. v. AllenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Whitaker v. CreedonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1958
- Jones v. ChandlerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1953
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