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CARROLL &c. AUTH. v. COX ENTERPRISES

34477.

243 Ga. 760 (1979)

256 S.E.2d 443

CARROLL CITY/COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY v. COX ENTERPRISES.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 30, 1979.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tisinger, Tisinger & Vance, Thomas E. Greer, for appellant.

Hansell, Post, Brandon & Dorsey, Charles T. Zink, Albert G. Norman, Jr., John E. Zamer, Prince & Vassey, Douglas C. Vassey, for appellee.

W. Hale Barrett, David E. Hudson, Sell, Comer & Popper, E. S. Sell, Jr., Richard B. Miller, amicus curiae.

BOWLES, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to determine the proper venue of libel actions brought in the State of Georgia against corporate publishers. Under the Court of Appeals' decision, (Carroll City/County Hospital Authority v. Cox Enterprises, 147 Ga.App. 863 (250 S.E.2d 550) (1978), venue in a libel action against a corporate publisher can be maintained only where the...

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