Wages v. Davison Chemical Corporation

This was a suit by W. M. Wages against the Davison Chemical Corporation, in the superior court of Gwinnett County, for damages for an alleged malicious use of legal process. The petition alleged that the defendant was a non-resident corporation and that Hood & McGee was its agent in Gwinnett County upon whom service could be perfected. The defendant filed a special plea to the jurisdiction denying that Hood & McGee was its agent or that it had an agent in said county. The issue formed on the plea to the jurisdiction was tried before a jury, and at the conclusion of the evidence the court…