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

46-8-311. Manner of service of process on lessee of railroad.

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When any person is sued as the lessee of a railroad, service of a petition, summons, or other process may be effected by delivering a copy thereof to the depot agent or other officer of such lessee in the county where the action is pending, or by leaving a copy at the place where the usual and ordinary public business of such lessee in said county is transacted.

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. 1884-85, p. 49, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 2336; Civil Code 1910, § 2800; Code 1933, § 94-1103.

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