Ross v. Ross
Supreme Court of Georgia
Attachment, from Putnam county. Decided by Judge Hardeman, March Term, 1858, An attachment was sued out by Martha B, Ross, suing for the use of George W. Ross against William W. Ross and Francis D. Ross, residing without the limits of the State of Georgia, on a promissory note for $500 and interest.
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Attachment, from Putnam county. Decided by Judge Hardeman, March Term, 1858, An attachment was sued out by Martha B, Ross, suing for the use of George W. Ross against William W. Ross and Francis D. Ross, residing without the limits of the State of Georgia, on a promissory note for $500 and interest. On. this attachment was issued ; a summons of garnishment, directed to The Eatonton Railroad ; the summons was served on Michael Dennis, President Of the Eatonton Branch Railroad. He answered that William W. Ross was the holder of fifty shares of stock in the said Road, and that Francis D„ Ross…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Benning, J.
delivering die opinion.
Was the Court right in overruling the rijo lion to dimiss fee attachment?
One of the grounds of the motion was, that stock in tMss *299railroad is not subject to garnishment by creditors of the stockholders. Was this a good ground ?
The answer to this question, depends on the import of the act of 156, “to authorize the issuing of attachments and garnishments,” &c; for, the 55th section of that act, repeals “all acts, arid parts of acts, upon the subject of attachments and garnishments.” Acts of 1856, 38.
By the 13th section of this act, the summons of…
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