Case Name: FARMERS HARDWARE OF ATHENS, INC. v. L. A. PROPERTIES LIMITED et al.
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1975-09-29
Citations: 136 Ga. App. 180
Docket Number: 51067
Parties: FARMERS HARDWARE OF ATHENS, INC. v. L. A. PROPERTIES LIMITED et al.
Judges: Webb and Marshall, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 136
Pages: 180–181

Head Matter:
51067.
FARMERS HARDWARE OF ATHENS, INC. v. L. A. PROPERTIES LIMITED et al.

Opinion:
Bell, Chief Judge.
This was an action on open account against defendants, a corporation, and limited partners, brought in the Clarke County Superior Court. The case was tried on the issue of venue only. On completion of the evidence the trial judge directed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendants. The evidence was not in dispute. The defendant partners were not residents of Clarke County but were engaged in constructing an apartment building in that county. No question is raised on appeal as to the correctness of the judgment as to the corporate defen dant. Held:
Submitted September 16, 1975
Decided September 29, 1975
Rehearing denied October 20, 1975.
Guy B. Scott, Jr., for appellant.
James M. McDaniel, for appellees.
A partnership may be sued in any county in which one partner resides but it cannot be sued in a county where none of the partners reside even if the partnership may be doing business in the latter county. Code § 2-4904 and 3-204; King Bros. &c. v. Passmore, 18 Ga. App. 514 (89 SE 1103). The statute, Code Ann. § 3-120, authorizing an unincorporated organization or association to be sued in any "county" where the organization does business or has existence does not and cannot include a limited partnership. By definition a limited partnership is a "partnership" formed by two or more persons having one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. Code Ann. § 75-402. Thus, the constitutional and statutory provisions as to venue of suits against partners must apply to a limited partnership.
Judgment affirmed.
Webb and Marshall, JJ., concur.