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Barton-Price Co. v. Murphy & Co.
134 Ga. 710
| Ga. | 1910
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Fish, C. J.

(After stating the facts.) When Murphy & Co. dismissed the attachment as to the Barton-Price Company, a foreign corporation, the ease stood just* as if it had been originally brought against the Atlas Hay & Grain Company alone, and the judgment rendered in the justice’s court against the Atlas Hay & Grain Company, as defendant, C. A. Doolittle & Son, as garnishees, and the property in the hands of the latter, did not render such property subject to the judgment, if the property belonged to the Barton-Price Company. As the petition in the present case alleged that the Barton-Price Company, the plaintiff, owned -the property which was in the possession of G. A. Doolittle & Son, and that Murphy & Co. appropriated it to their own use, under an execution issued upon the judgment above referred to, it is apparent that the petition, as against a general demurrer, set forth a cause of action for trespass. The failure of the Barton-Price Company to claim the property did not affect its right of action, since the remedy by claim is merely cumulative.

,Judgment, reversed.

Alt the Justices concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Barton-Price Co. v. Murphy & Co.
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Jun 30, 1910
Citation: 134 Ga. 710
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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