Legal Opinion

Dodd v. Hammock

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 15, 1877PublishedCited by 9 opinions

United States Courts. Jurisdiction. -Bankrupt. Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. December Term, 1876. To the report contained in the opinions, it is only necessary to add, that the action was trover in. the statutory form by plaintiffs, “ who sue as assignees in bankruptcy of,” etc. Title was claimed to be in plaintiffs:

1Opinion of the Court

Warner, Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs, as_ the assignees in -bankruptcy of West, *404Edwards & Co., brought their action against the defendants to recover the possession of certain described personal property in the plaintiffs’ declaration mentioned, of the alleged value of $2,371.47, to which property the plaintiffs claim title, and which the defendants refused to deliver to them. The defendants demurred to the plaintiffs’ declaration on the ground that the court did not have jurisdiction of the case. The court sustained the demurrer, and the plaintiffs ex. cej)ted.

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2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Brady v. BradySupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  2. Bell & Brother v. RichSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
  3. In re Macon Sash, Door & Lumber Co.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1901
  4. Dodd v. MiddletonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
  5. Glover v. LoveSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880

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