Macon Navigation Co. v. Stallings

The sheriff of Glynn county levied certain executions, in favor of the Bay Iron Works and W. W. Ward against the Macon Navigation Company, upon a steamboat which was the property of the corporation last named. These executions were issued upon affidavits made by the respective plaintiffs therein for the purpose of foreclosing liens which they claimed to have upon the property of the defendant. Both plaintiffs resided in Glynn county, and the levy was made in the city of Brunswick. The principal office of the Navigation Company was in the city of Macon, Bibb county. The sheriff advertised the…