Georgia Ice Co. v. Porter
Supreme Court of Georgia
Attachments. Officers. Nullities. Judgments. Corporations. Levy and Sale. Before Judge Hillyer. Fulton Superior Court. April Term, 1882. On June 23,1879, an attachment was sued out by Porter -& Meakin against the North American Ice Company, and was- levied on certain real estate. No defence was made, •and a judgment in attachment was rendered for the plaintiJT April 1,1880. A claim was interposed to the levy ■-thereunder by the Georgia Ice Company.
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Attachments. Officers. Nullities. Judgments. Corporations. Levy and Sale. Before Judge Hillyer. Fulton Superior Court. April Term, 1882. On June 23,1879, an attachment was sued out by Porter -& Meakin against the North American Ice Company, and was- levied on certain real estate. No defence was made, •and a judgment in attachment was rendered for the plaintiJT April 1,1880. A claim was interposed to the levy ■-thereunder by the Georgia Ice Company. When the claim case was called for trial, claimant’s -counsel moved to quash the execution and attachment proceedings, on the ground that the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
1. The notary public issuing this attachment bore no such relation to either of the plaintiffs as would make it improper for him to act, and as would render the writ void; he was not connected in business with Porter in such manner as to disqualify him from acting as a notary, from taking the affidavit and bond and signing the writ in a case in which Porter and his partners were parties. The most that can be said is that Porter and the notary were *641co-employ 6s in a bank in which Porter was likewise a stockholder. None of the cases cited for the plaintiff in error have gone this…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Goodrich v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1873
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