Davis v. Waycross Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

Where two defendants, one of whom is a resident of the county in which the suit is filed, and the other is a non-resident of tbe county, are sued jointly as tort-feasors, the court has jurisdiction of both defendants, including jurisdiction over the non-resident defendant, if both of them aré in fact joint tort-feasors or joint obligors. Code, § 2-4304. If, however, there is no liability against the resident defendant, he is necessarily not a joint tort-feasor or joint obligor with the non-resident defendant, and the court, as respects the person of the…