Gates v. Shaner

Head, Justice.

1. “The courts of this State have no extra-territorial jurisdiction, and cannot make the citizens of foreign States amenable to their process, or conclude them by a judgment in personam, without their consent.” Dearing v. The Bank of Charleston, 5 Ga. 497 (5); Hood v. Hood, 130 Ga. 610, 612 (61 S. E. 471); Gordy v. Levison & Co., 157 Ga. 670, 677 (122 S. E. 234); Hood Brick Co. v. Mangham, 161 Ga. 457, 459 (131 S. E. 172); Irons v. American National Bank, 178 Ga. 160, 179 (172 S. E. 629); Grimmett v. Barnwell, 184 Ga. 461, 462 (192 S. E. 191, 116 A. L. R. 257); Webb & Martin v.…