Williams v. East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroad. Foreign corporation. Yenue. Remedy. * Statutory law. Before Judge Yan Epps. City court of Atlanta.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
The cause of action was personal injuries from the running of the defendant’s trains in the county of Paulding in this State; the action was brought in the county of Fulton and in the city court of Atlanta. The plea to the jurisdiction was to the effect that the defendant was a foreign corporation, and in this State could be sued only in the county in which the cause of action originated, jurisdiction in that county being admitted to exist under the statute which declares that “ all railroad companies shall be liable to be sued in any. county in which the cause of action…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ex Parte SchollenbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Railroad Co. v. KoontzSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Railroad Company v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- City Fire Insurance v. CarrugiSupreme Court of Georgia · 1871
- Balt. & Ohio R. R. v. Noell's adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1879
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- Southern Railway Co. v. ParkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
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