Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad v. Tyson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Corporation. Garnishment. Affidavit. Before Judge Harvey. Whitfield Superior Court. October Term, 1872. Tyson sued out an attachment against A. D. Breed, returnable to the Justice Court for the eight hundred and seventy-second district, for $25 00. Process of garnishment directed to the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company, was served on O. J. Cunningham, its agent at the city of Dalton. Judgment was obtained against the defendant.
Read the full summary
Corporation. Garnishment. Affidavit. Before Judge Harvey. Whitfield Superior Court. October Term, 1872. Tyson sued out an attachment against A. D. Breed, returnable to the Justice Court for the eight hundred and seventy-second district, for $25 00. Process of garnishment directed to the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company, was served on O. J. Cunningham, its agent at the city of Dalton. Judgment was obtained against the defendant. The garnishee, by its counsel, moved to be discharged on the grounds that it was a foreign corporation, and that its president did not reside in the Staté of…
1Opinion of the Court
Trippe, Judge.
1. Is a foreign corporation liable to a summons of garnishment in this State? By section 3213 of the Code attachments may issue against such corporations “under the same rules and regulations as are by this Code prescribed in relation to issuing attachments and garnishment in other cases.” Before the Code, in 5 Georgia, 531, this Court held that “the property of a foreign corporation, within the limits of this State is liable to be attached under our attachment laws.” At this term of the Court, it was decided in the case of E. W. Wilson vs. The Bank of Louisiana, that a foreign…
2Cited by11 opinions
- Morris W. Haft & Bros. v. WellsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1937
- National Bank of Commerce v. HuntingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Mooney v. Buford & George Manuf'g Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1896
- Morse v. CaldwellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
- Home Ins. Co. v. DickTexas Commission of Appeals · 1929
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.