Legal Opinion

Read v. Glynn County

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 23, 1916PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Affidavit of illegality of execution. Before Judge Highsmith. Glynn superior court. September 14, 1915.

1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.

1. The statute creating the board of roads and revenues of Glynn County provides for a clerk thereof (Acts 1870, p. 441; Acts 1898, p. 366) ; and under the ruling in the case of Roberts v. Dancer, 144 Ga. 341 (3), 343 (87 S. E. 287), such clerk has authority, under an order duly passed by the board, to issue an execution against the tax-collector of the county for money belonging to the county, held by him.

2. Such execution was amendable by inserting therein that it was issued in accordance with an order or judgment previously rendered at a regular sitting of the board. Winn v. Butts, 127 Ga.…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Board of Supervisors v. . OtisNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
  2. Lamb v. DartSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  3. Howe v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
  4. Winn v. ButtsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
  5. Board of Supervisors v. EdwardsIllinois Supreme Court · 1875

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. McDuffie v. Wilcox CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
  2. Sanders v. Wilkinson CountyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
  3. Cobb v. PoundCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1930

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