In cases of joint contractors and partners, where any one of them shall render himself liable to attachment according to law, an attachment may issue against him, upon the plaintiff, his agent, or his attorney at law complying with this article. The proceeding against such joint contractor or partner shall be in all respects as in other cases of attachment, except that such attachment shall be levied only upon the separate property of such joint contractor or partner.
(Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 19, § 1; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 25, § 26; Code 1863, § 3198; Code 1868, § 3209; Code 1873, § 3276; Code 1882, § 3276; Civil Code 1895, § 4522; Civil Code 1910, § 5067; Code 1933, § 8-106.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
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- Joint bank account as subject to attachment, garnishment, or execution by creditor of one of the joint depositors, 11 A.L.R.3d 1465.