Manning v. Weyman

Lumpkin, Justice.

A judgment absolute for $500 upon a forfeited recognizance in a criminal case was rendered against Manning and Weyman, as sureties, in Fulton superior court, by the judge of the superior court of the Stone Mountain circuit, then presiding. It recited that no issuable defense bad been filed in the case. An execution was duly issued. Weyman, upon a compromise effected with the solicitor-general, paid that officer $400; and after having the execution transferred and assigned to himself, caused it to be levied upon the property of Manning for the purpose of obtaining contribution…