Johnson & Son v. Friedman-Shelby Shoe Co.

The Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Company and the Friedman-Shelby Shoe Company each sued Johnson & Son in the city court of Oglethorpe; one of the suits being upon a promissory note, and the other upon an open account. Thereafter the plaintiffs sued out attachments, under section 3226 of the Civil Code, charging that the defendants had made a sale of their stock of merchandise in bulk without comptying with the statutory requirements. Hpon the levy of this attachment the attorney of the defendants paid to the sheriff who levied the attachments certain sums of money which that officer accepted,…