Wilson v. Danforth
Supreme Court of Georgia
Attachment. Corporations. Judgment. Bill of exceptions. Pleading. Before J udge Gibson. Richmond Superior Court. October Term, 1872. On the 11th of December, 1863, Wilson sued out an attachment against the Bank of Louisiana, based upon the following affidavit: “STATE OF GEORGIA — Richmond County.
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Attachment. Corporations. Judgment. Bill of exceptions. Pleading. Before J udge Gibson. Richmond Superior Court. October Term, 1872. On the 11th of December, 1863, Wilson sued out an attachment against the Bank of Louisiana, based upon the following affidavit: “STATE OF GEORGIA — Richmond County. “ Personally appeared Edward H. Wilson, who being duly sworn, saith that the Bank of Louisiana, the same being an incorporated company under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Louisiana, is indebted to this deponent in the sum of $78,581 62, besides interest, and'that the said Bank of…
1Opinion of the Court
McCay, Judge.
This Court, in 5 Georgia, 531, held in general terms, that a foreign corporation, owing a debt, was a debtor residing out of this State, and that an attachment would lie against it. And this was in accord with the current of decisions _ in the United States: See Drake on Attachments. The Code, section 3191, follows in this respect, in terms, the Act of 1799, under which this decision was made.
The first ground of attachment is, “when the debtor resides out of this State.” If this were all, the decision in 5 Georgia, 531, would be conclusive. But it is contended that section 3213…
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