Withers v. Hatcher

Jenkins, Justice.

On April 10, 1933, upon the petition of creditors, the superior court of Bibb County appointed receivers who took charge of certain assets in Georgia, of Public Indemnity Company, a New Jersey corporation, International Reinsurance Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and other related corporations. On or before that date, service of the petitions, proceedings, order of appointment, and rule nisi was made on the companies by serving their agents in this State. No contest was made by the defendants, and the only questions raised in the progress of the case involved the…