Legal Opinion
Alvaton Mercantile Co. v. Caldwell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 8, 1923No. 3677PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
The question propounded by the Court of Appeals was incidentally before this court in Langston v. Watts, 142 Ga. 439 (supra), but was not decided. t It was expressly left open. It is true that when the defendant in an attachment replevies the property attached by giving bond with security, conditioned to pay the amount of the judgment which the plaintiff may recover, the property attached is released from the lien of the attachment, the attachment is dissolved and is at an end, and the case proceeds as *319an ordinary suit at law. Walter v. Kierstead, 74 Ga. 18; Woodbridge v. Drought, 118 Ga. 671…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Metcalf v. BarkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Hill v. HardingSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Carpenter v. TurrellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Phillips v. SolomonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1871
- Rylee v. Bank of StathamCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Morris Plan Bank of Georgia v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
- Equitable Credit Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
- Longshore v. CollierCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1927
- R. C. Mahon Co. v. MolinMichigan Supreme Court · 1930
- Roberts v. SeanorCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
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