Jones v. Ingram

As the author of gratuitous dicta in Webster v. Cetinkaya, 638 So.2d 834, 835 (Ala.1994) (“We also note that Russell County was not the proper venue for the action, because the accident did not occur in Russell County and Cetinkaya was not a resident of, and could not be found in, Russell County. Rule 82(b), Ala.R.Civ.P.”), I write specially to note that the common law rule of venue as to actions at law against nonresident defendants (who are not covered by the venue statute regarding actions at law against individuals) controls the present case and there is, therefore, no need to resort to…