SMITH v. O'NEAL STEEL, INC.

25438.

225 Ga. 778 (1969)

171 S.E.2d 519

SMITH v. O'NEAL STEEL, INC.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 6, 1969.

Rehearing Denied December 4, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams, O'Neal, Steele, Thornton, Hemingway & McKinney, Robert S. Slocumb, Hardy Gregory, Jr., for appellant.

Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler, Martin & Lowe, Sam F. Lowe, Jr., Robert W. Beynart, Jones, Cork, Miller & Benton, Ed L. Benton, for appellee.


GRICE, Justice.

We granted the application for certiorari in this case to consider and determine whether that portion of Georgia Laws 1966, page 343 (Code Ann. § 24-113.1), commonly known as the "Georgia long arm statute," which provides that the courts of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident who "commits a tortious act within this State . .." confers jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation whose negligent act outside this...

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