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SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. PRUITT

44634.

121 Ga. App. 530 (1970)

174 S.E.2d 249

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. PRUITT.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 5, 1970.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robinson, Thompson, Buice & Harben, Emory F. Robinson, for appellant.

Merritt & Pruitt, Glyndon C. Pruitt, for appellee.

JORDAN, Presiding Judge.

We affirm. The venue of an action against a railroad company is the "county in which the cause of action originated." Code § 94-1101. While the first suit was brought in Gwinnett County where the cause of action originated, it was dismissed by the City Court of Buford on the ground that the collision complained of occurred outside the territorial limits of that court. While we think...

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