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SWIFT & COMPANY v. LAWSON

36411 36412.

95 Ga. App. 35 (1957)

97 S.E.2d 168

SWIFT & COMPANY v. LAWSON et al. WOOD v. LAWSON et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied February 6, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl K. Nelson, Nelson & Nelson, for plaintiff in error, case No. 36411.

Williams & Smith, Price, Spivey & Carlton, M. Cook Barwick, Wilson, Branch & Barwick, contra.

Price, Spivey & Carlton, for plaintiff in error, case No. 36412.

Williams & Smith, M. Cook Barwick, Carl K. Nelson, Nelson & Nelson, contra.

FELTON, C. J.

1.(a) The first question to be decided on the question of jurisdiction of Swift & Company is whether a nonresident is required to have an agent in the county and an office or place of business. Our conclusion is that having an agent within a county of such a kind as could be served is alone sufficient to give jurisdiction of the nonresident corporation if service upon the agent is had. Maintaining an office within the county by the corporation...

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