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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 46. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION · Chapter 9. TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS GENERALLY · Article 7. EXPRESS COMPANIES

46-9-234. Venue; binding effect of judgment.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. The superior court of the county where goods are received for shipment by an express company doing business in this state or the superior court of the county where goods are to be delivered by such a company, shall have jurisdiction over that company, and the judgment shall bind all the property of that company.

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. 162, § 2; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 222, § 1; Code 1868, § 3333; Code 1873, § 3410; Code 1882, § 3410; Civil Code 1895, § 2004; Civil Code 1910, § 2385; Code 1933, § 41-201.

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

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Text read from t46-(v34)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V34, 2025 edition, page 868; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 53ab60ae5027.