Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 46. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION · Chapter 8. RAILROAD COMPANIES · Article 11. VENUE AND SERVICE OF PROCESS FOR ACTIONS AGAINST RAILROAD COMPANIES

46-8-310. Venue for actions against lessee or possessor of railroad.

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The lessees of any railroad or the company having possession of the railroad shall be liable to an action of any kind in the same court or jurisdiction as were the lessors or owners of the railroad before the lease.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1862-63, p. 161, § 1; Code 1868, § 3330; Code 1873, § 3407; Code 1882, § 3407; Civil Code 1895, § 2335; Civil Code 1910, § 2799; Code 1933, § 94-1102.

Cross references

Further provisions regarding venue for actions against railroad companies, § 46-1-2.

Law reviews

For note discussing problems with venue in the resolution of venue questions, see 9 Ga. St. B.J. 254 (1972).

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