Legal Opinion
Weatherly v. Cotter
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 23, 1914PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Complaint. Before Judge Grabam. Pulaski superior court, April 11, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. Where, after a defendant is served and suit is pending against him, he moves from one part of the county to another, and the territory embracing his changed residence is subsequently formed into a new county, such defendant is not entitled, by virtue of Civil Code §§ 829, 5526, 6543, to have the case removed to the new county for trial. The principle announced in Pope v. State, 124 Ga. 803 (53 S. E. 384, 110 Am. St. R. 197, 4 Ann. Cas. 551), and A. & B. Ry. Co. v. Johnson, 127 Ga. 392 (56 S. E. 482, 11 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1119), is not applicable.
2. An owner of an industrial plant, being…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hightower v. AnsleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Atlantic & Birmingham Railway Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Morse v. DouglassAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
3Cited by8 opinions
- Norris v. Downtown LaGrange Development AuthorityCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
- Edwards v. EdmondsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
- Seaman v. SweatCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
- Thomas v. Peoples' Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1935
- Lewallen v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959
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