Legal Opinion

Southern Railway Co. v. Hagan

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 21, 1897PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Petition for certiorari. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton county. June 23, 1897.

1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.

1. The law requiring service of a summons of garnishment directed tó a corporation to be made upon “the agent in charge of the office or business of the corporation in the county or district at the time of service, ’ ’ it follows that the return of an officer, merely stating that he had served a named railway company with a summons of garnishment “ by serving [a designated person], supt., personally” therewith, without describing this person as the agent in charge of the office or business of the company, in the county or district wherein the service was made, will not afford a basis for…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Jones v. Bibb Brick Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Render & Hammett v. Hartford Fire InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
  3. Third National Bank v. McCullough Bros.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  4. Stuart Lumber Co. v. PerrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  5. Holbrook & Co. v. Evansville & Terre Haute RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901

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