Legal Opinion

Melvin v. Askew

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 7, 1919No. 10162PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Affidavit of illegality; from Calhoun superior court—Judge Harrell. September 7, 1918.

1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.

An attachment was levied and an affidavit of illegality filed containing a number of grounds. When this case was before the Supreme Court (See 144 Ga. 349 (87 S. E. 278), where the facts are set out) that court said (p. 353); “There were twenty-four grounds of the affidavit of illegality. Some contained repetition in various forms of the matters above discussed. Some included in one ground reference to several matters. None of them were meritorious except in so far as they attacked the judgment for want of jurisdiction in Calhoun superior court to render it. All the rest of the allegations,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Savannah, Augusta & Northern Railway Co v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  2. Askew v. MelvinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915
  3. Cochran v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Meriwether County v. CreamerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

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