ESSO STANDARD OIL CO. v. MOORE

18938.

211 Ga. 687 (1955)

87 S.E.2d 854

ESSO STANDARD OIL COMPANY v. MOORE et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 10, 1955.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noah J. Stone, Benton E. Gaines, for plaintiff in error.

Smith, Kilpatrick, Cody, Rogers & McClatchey, contra.


HEAD, Justice.

1. "The courts of this State have no extra-territorial jurisdiction, and cannot make the citizens of foreign States amenable to their process, or conclude them by a judgment in personam, without their consent." Dearing v. The Bank of Charleston, 5 Ga. 497 (5) (48 Am. D. 300); City Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford v. Carrugi, 41 Ga. 660; Reynolds & Hamby Estate Mortgage Co.

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