Legal Opinion

Chastain v. Alford

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 6, 1942No. 29039Published

1Opinion of the Court

1. The ruling of the court permitting the plaintiff in attachment to amend his execution to conform to the verdict was not harmful to the defendant.

2. Where the truth of an entry of the levy of an attachment is traversed, and the entry imports a legal levy, the officer making the return is a necessary party to the proceeding.

DECIDED MAY 6, 1942.

This case was transferred to this court by the Supreme Court.Chastain v. Alford, 191 Ga. 677 (13 S.E.2d 769). An attachment proceeding was instituted by A. N. Alford Company against S. J. Chastain on the ground of non-residence. On the writ of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Harvard v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
  2. Hirsch v. Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  3. Chastain v. AlfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  4. Chastain v. AlfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942

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