Case Name: HARLEY et al. v. HARLEY
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1961-09-08
Citations: 217 Ga. 205
Docket Number: 21308
Parties: HARLEY et al. v. HARLEY.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 217
Pages: 205–205

Head Matter:
21308.
HARLEY et al. v. HARLEY.
Argued July 10, 1961
Decided September 8, 1961.
Walton Hardin, for plaintiffs in error.
Colley \& Orr, Wilbur A. Orr, Jr., Rupert A. Brown, contra.

Opinion:
Head, Presiding Justice.
Under the facts of this case, the discharge of the resident defendant did not divest the court of jurisdiction of the two nonresident defendants, since the nonresident defendants waived the right to object to venue when, after the discharge of the resident defendant, they filed an .additional pleading to the merits. Hudgins Contracting Co. v. Redmond, 178 Ga. 317 (173 SE 135); Burger v. Noble, 81 Ga. App. 759 (59 SE2d 761); 92 C.J.S. 820-822, § 124; 56 Am Jur. 44, '§ 40. Therefore the trial court properly overruled the nonresident' defendants' later motion to strike, in the nature of a general demurrer, raising the question of jurisdiction.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.