Hood v. Hood
Supreme Court of Georgia
Garnishment. Before Judge Reagan. Pike superior court. April é, 1907. Mrs. Sallie Hood brought, in the superior court of Pike county, Ga., a petition for divorce against her. husband, Frank E. Hood, who, the petition alleged, formerly resided in that county, but was then “a resident. citizen of the State of Texas.”
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Garnishment. Before Judge Reagan. Pike superior court. April é, 1907. Mrs. Sallie Hood brought, in the superior court of Pike county, Ga., a petition for divorce against her. husband, Frank E. Hood, who, the petition alleged, formerly resided in that county, but was then “a resident. citizen of the State of Texas.” It was also alleged in the petition, that the defendant was a son of James Hood, deceased, who, plaintiff was informed, died intestate, leaving an estate of realty and personalty in Pike county; that Mrs. Rosa Hood was the duly qualified administratrix upon such estate, and that…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
(After stating the facts.)
The question as to the validity of a judgment in personam rendered by a court of this State against a resident of another State, without personal service upon, or appearance bjr, the defendant, came up for consideration and decision at an early date in the history of this court, in the case of Dearing v. Bank of Charleston, 5 Ga. 497 (48 Am. D. 300), in which there is a luminous and. able discussion of the subject by Nisbet, J., who delivered the opinion of the court. It was there held: “The courts of this State have no extra-territorial jurisdiction, and can not…
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