Hardwick v. Burke

In Overstreet v. Rawlings, 106 Ga. 793, it was held that it was the duty of the judge of the county court to pay over to the county treasurer amounts collected by the county judge as fines imposed in the county court upon persons convicted of offenses against the criminal law; and that if the officers of either the superior or the county court had any claim upon the funds derived from this source, it should be asserted against the county treasurer. The present case presents the question as to whether the officers of the superior court have any lien or claim upon funds in the hands of the…