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ROBINSON v. STAR GAS OF HAWKINSVILLE, INC.

No. A99A2462.

533 S.E.2d 97 (2000)

243 Ga. App. 112

ROBINSON v. STAR GAS OF HAWKINSVILLE, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

March 24, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. McMillan Walker, Dublin, for appellant.

Carr, Tabb & Pope, Jan R. Kastanakis, Render C. Freeman, Atlanta, Eric N. Van De Water, Macon, for appellee.

SMITH, Judge.

We granted interlocutory appeal in this case to consider an unusual application of the principle of "vanishing venue."1 This long-standing rule arose from the construction of two provisions of the Georgia Constitution: first, that a defendant is entitled to be sued in the county of his residence, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. II, Par. VI, and second, that joint tortfeasor residents of different Georgia counties may be sued...

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