21 Ga. 135 | Ga. | 1857
By the Court.
delivering the opinion.
The point made in the pleadings in this case is, whether the acceptor residing in a different county from that in which the drawer of the bills of exchange resides, can be joined in the action with him and be brought to his county to answer. The view already presented disposes of this branch of the case. But I will present a view suggested by my brother Lumpkin as the basis of his judgment, and which would lead to the same result, independent of the construction which we have placed on the Constitution.
Bills of exchange are either included in the Constitution or they are not. If they are, and the acceptor takes the place,of the maker of the note, and the drawer the place of the endorser, then by the very terms of the Constitution, suit must bo brought in the county where the acceptor — the maker resides. If they arc not included in the amended Constitution, still, in analogy to this provision, and all the other analogies of the law, the action should be located where the party primarily liable, resides.
Judgment reversed.