Guarantee Trust Life Insurance v. Ricker

1. (a) “Under the Civil Code (1910), § 2563 [Code § 56-601], a non-resident insurance company may be sued in the county where the company had an agent and place of doing business when the contract of insurance was made and the cause of action arose, although the company has abandoned its agency in that county and has no agent there at the time of the suit.” Peters v. Queen Ins. Co., 137 Ga. 440 (73 S. E. 664) ; Jefferson Fire Ins. Co. v. Brackin, 140 Ga. 637 (79 S. E. 467); Seminole County Board of Education v. American Ins. Co., 180 Ga. 661 (180 S. E. 229); Hagler v. Pacific Fire Ins. Co.,…