No assignment shall be set aside except in a direct action filed for that purpose; and no creditor shall obtain any priority or preference of payment out of the assets assigned on any judgment rendered after the filing of a complaint to set aside the assignment if the assignment is set aside and decreed to be void.
(Ga. L. 1894, p. 90, § 13; Civil Code 1895, § 2710; Civil Code 1910, § 3243; Code 1933, § 28-314.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 6 Am. Jur. 2d, Assignments for Benefit of Creditors, § 116.
C.J.S.- 21 C.J.S., Creditor and Debtor, § 78 et seq. 37 C.J.S., Fraudulent Conveyances, § 150 et seq.
ALR.
- Priority of assignment of chose in action over subsequent garnishment as affected by lack of notice to debtor of assignment, 52 A.L.R. 109.