Lancaster v. Hill

This is a proceeding by the solicitor-general of the Atlanta circuit, on the relation of J. D. Cromer, to remove from office C. M. Lancaster, a constable of Fulton county. The original petition assigned, as grounds for his removal, (1) that he insisted on levying a fi. fa. after the defendant and the plaintiff in execution had agreed that the fi. fa. should be temporarily stayed, unless his costs were paid, which insistence was in the business office of the relator and in the presence of some of his patrons, and that the constable only desisted when the defendant had taken further legal steps…