Legal Opinion

Columbus Iron Works Co. v. Pou

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 1, 1896PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal. Before Judge Butt. Muscogee superior court. November term, 1894. On June 13, 1893, a member of tbe firm of Pou Brothers made affidavit before a justice of the peace of Muscogee county, to obtain process of garnishment, averring that W. II. Bagley was indebted to said firm stated amounts “on a judgment obtained at the May term of the justice court of the 787th district, Chattahoochee county, Ga.”

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Appeal. Before Judge Butt. Muscogee superior court. November term, 1894. On June 13, 1893, a member of tbe firm of Pou Brothers made affidavit before a justice of the peace of Muscogee county, to obtain process of garnishment, averring that W. II. Bagley was indebted to said firm stated amounts “on a judgment obtained at the May term of the justice court of the 787th district, Chattahoochee county, Ga.” Thereupon summons of garnishment issued, directed to the Columbus Iron Works Co., which answered that it was indebted to defendant $100 at time of service, etc. Subsequently judgment for…

1Opinion of the Court

Lumpkin, Justice.

A judgment was rendered in favor of Pou Brothers against Bagley in a justice’s court in Chattahoochee county, and the plaintiffs sued out a garnishment in Muscogee corinty, which was directed to the Columbus Iron Works Company, a corporation of the latter county, and made returnable to a justice’s court therein. The case finally reached.the superior court of Muscogee county, and resulted in a judgment against the garnishee, which has been brought to this court for review by a bill of exceptions containing numerous assignments of error. Irrespective of *518many of the questions…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. West v. HarveySupreme Court of Georgia · 1888

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Rust v. Producers Co-Operative Exchange, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
  2. Carr & Co. v. RoneySupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  3. Rust v. Producers Co-Operative Exchange, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1950

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