Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Moore

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) (48 Am. D. 300); City Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford v. Carrugi, 41 Ga. 660; Reynolds & Hamby Estate Mortgage Co. v. Martin, 116 Ga. 495 (42 S. E. 796); Gates v. Shaner, 208 Ga. 454 (1) (67 S. E. 2d 569), and cases cited.

2. “A personal judgment is without any validity, if it be rendered by a State court in an action upon a…