Legal Opinion

Howard Supply Co. v. Bunn

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 15, 1907PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Attachment. Before Judge Gale. City court of Brunswick. January 8, 1906.

1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.

1. J. R. & T. Bunn sued out an attachment ■against the Howard Supply Company, a non-resident corporation, before a Justice of the peace of Ware county, for the sum of $812.12. The Justice made the writ returnable to the city court -of Brunswick in Glynn count}'-. A motion was made to dismiss the case for want of-Jurisdiction in that court, and because the attachment could not he made returnable there. The motion was ■overruled, and this furnishes one ground of exception.

The Civil Code, §4518, provides that attachments against nonresidents may be made returnable to the superior court of any…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hecht v. Snook & Austin Furniture Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  2. McCarthy v. Nixon Grocery Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  3. Morris v. RootSupreme Court of Georgia · 1880
  4. Chapman v. Americus Oil Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  5. Nashville, Chattanooga & Saint Louis Railway Co. v. Cleghorn & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1894

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Morgan v. Colt Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
  2. Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co. v. Friedlander Bros.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
  3. HOMASOTE COMPANY v. StanleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
  4. Tennessee-Virginia Construction Co. v. WillinghamCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
  5. Horkan v. Great American Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1955

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