Irons v. American National Bank

1. The general rule is that the courts of this State have no extraterritorial jurisdiction, and can not hold citizens of other States amenable to its process, or bind them by a judgment in personam, without their consent. Gordy v. Levison, 157 Ga. 670 (122 S. E. 234), and cit. And see, to the same effect, Adams v. Lamar, 8 Ga. 83 (2); Dearing v. Bank of Charleston, 5 Ga. 497, 503 (48 Am. D. 300); Beasley v. Lennox-Haldeman Co., 116 Ga. 13 (42 S. E. 385); Meeks v. Roan, 117 Ga. 865, 866 (45 S. E. 252); Martin v. Gaissert, 134 Ga. 34, 40 (67 S. E. 536); Warlick v. Reynolds, 151 N. C. 606 (66 S.…