Crescent Textiles, Inc. v. Pacolet Manufacturing Co.

Russell, Judge.

1. Generally, the authority of a court to issue and serve process is restricted to the territory of the State where issued, and the court has no power to require persons not within its territory to appear and answer to its judgments. Milner v. Gatlin, 139 Ga. 109, 113 (2) (76 SE 860); Briggs v. Briggs, 207 Ga. 614 (63 SE2d 371).

2. Where, in an action on a foreign judgment, the law of the foreign state is not pleaded, it is presumed to be the same as the common law as interpreted by the courts of this State. In such a case, where the foreign judgment is attached to and made a…