When any person is sued as the lessee of a railroad, service of a petition, summons, or other process may be effected by delivering a copy thereof to the depot agent or other officer of such lessee in the county where the action is pending, or by leaving a copy at the place where the usual and ordinary public business of such lessee in said county is transacted.
(Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 49, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 2336; Civil Code 1910, § 2800; Code 1933, § 94-1103.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 19 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 2192, 2194. 62B Am. Jur. 2d, Process, §§ 108, 109.
C.J.S.- 72 C.J.S., Process, § 29. 74 C.J.S., Railroads, § 69 et seq.