133 Ga. 216 | Ga. | 1909
The corporation was chartered and had its principal office in Early county in this State. Hnder the decision in People’s National Bank v. Cleveland, 117 Ga. 908, and in Jellinik v. Huron Copper Mining Co., 177 U. S. 1, the shares of.stock involved in the controversy were personal property, and, for the purposes of a suit brought to remove a cloud or to quiet the title in this State, their situs was the domicil of the domestic corporation, and a non-resident claiming title or interest therein could be served by publication in such a suit. In addition to the provisions of the code noted in the case of People’s National Bank, supra, reference may also be made to the Civil Code of 1895,
Inasmuch as what has been said is controlling of the question-that the superior court of Early county had jurisdiction, and also of the fact that a general pecuniary judgment can not be obtained against the executors of the estate of Flowers, deceased, it is un
Judgment reversed.