Booth v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Ellis. Fulton superior court. February 21, 1908. The directors of the Neal Bank, a corporation doing a banking business in Fulton county, Ga., voluntarily placed said bank in the hands of the State bank examiner, E. E. Park, who took charge of its affairs, and after investigation reported to the Governor that the bank was not in a position to resume business and liquidate its indebtedness.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Ellis. Fulton superior court. February 21, 1908. The directors of the Neal Bank, a corporation doing a banking business in Fulton county, Ga., voluntarily placed said bank in the hands of the State bank examiner, E. E. Park, who took charge of its affairs, and after investigation reported to the Governor that the bank was not in a position to resume business and liquidate its indebtedness. Under instruction from the Governor, the attorney-general, in. behalf of the State, instituted suit in Fulton superior court, for the appointment of a receiver to take…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
1. The assignment of error is made that this judgment is void, upon the ground that the court had no authority to render the same. The assignment raises a question of jurisdiction. If the judgment was merely interlocutory in its nature, and not final, or such a judgment that the excepting party can not review by direct bill of exceptions, the court did have jurisdiction, and the case would be prematurely in the Supreme Court. On the other hand, if it is final in its character, and a judgment reviewable by direct bill of exceptions, the court had no jurisdiction to render the same in vacation…
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