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title: O.C.G.A. § 1-2-10. Rights of citizens of other states or nations to sue or give evidence.
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# O.C.G.A. § 1-2-10. Rights of citizens of other states or nations to sue or give evidence.

The citizens of other states of the United States or of foreign states at peace with this state shall, by comity, be allowed the privilege of suing in the courts of this state and of giving evidence therein, as long as the same comity is extended in the courts of the other states to the citizens of this state.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 1595; Code 1868, § 1657; Code 1873, § 1662; Code 1882, § 1662; Civil Code 1895, § 1817; Civil Code 1910, § 2174; Code 1933, § 79-305.

## Law Reviews

For annual survey of administrative law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 31 (2004).