Southern Express Co. v. Skipper
Supreme Court of Georgia
Service. Garnishment. Judgments. Before Washington Dessau, Esq., judge pro hae vice. Pulaski superior court. November term, 1889. An execution in favor of A. J. Skipper against the goods, chattels, etc. of the Southern Express Company, and especially of the funds in the hands of J. Z T. Pann as agent of said company in Hawkinsville, Ga., for the sum of $122.70 principal, with interest and costs, which execution recited that the judgment on which it was based was on a…
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Service. Garnishment. Judgments. Before Washington Dessau, Esq., judge pro hae vice. Pulaski superior court. November term, 1889. An execution in favor of A. J. Skipper against the goods, chattels, etc. of the Southern Express Company, and especially of the funds in the hands of J. Z T. Pann as agent of said company in Hawkinsville, Ga., for the sum of $122.70 principal, with interest and costs, which execution recited that the judgment on which it was based was on a garnishment on a judgment rendered in Houston county, the garnishment judgment being in the superior court of Pulaski county,…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. It does not appear, either in the original affidavit of illegality or from the proposed amendment, that the president of this express company is, or ever was, a resident of this State. Section 3412 of the code provides that “ When the chief officer of any express company shall reside in this State, it shall be the duty of such company to post in a public and conspicuous place, at each office where it transacts business, the name of its president or other chief officer, on whom service can be *569effected, in this State; otherwise, service made as provided for in the…
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