Legal Opinion

Collins v. Southern Finance Corp.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 14, 1935No. 24502PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.

1. A plaintiff in attachment may amend, his bond, “as in other cases at common law.” Code of 1933, § 8-610. Under section 8-113, where the amount named in the bond is less than half of the amount for which the attachment was issued, the remedy prescribed for the defendant is to question the sufficiency of the bond and obtain additional security or a new bond in the manner provided. Accordingly, in the instant ease, where the attachment was issued for eight hundred dollars, but the penalty stated in the bond was only sixteen dollars, a judgment on the attachment was not rendered void by the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Latimer v. SweatSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Scarborough v. Merchants & Farmers BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  3. Mahone v. PerkinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1866
  4. Southern Finance Corp. v. CollinsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Metro Rentals, Inc. v. WagnerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981

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