Odom v. Gill
Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurors. Practice in the Superior Court. Sheriffs. Witness. Before Judge Clark. Lee Superior Court. March Term, 1877. This was an appeal from the county court to the superior court. Gill, former shériff, moved to set aside an attachment issued against him by the clerk of the county court. The facts alleged were, in brief, as follows: In 1859, Warren & Eloyd, attorneys at law, placed in the hands of Sullivan, the deputy sheriff, a fi. fa. in favor of Odom against Folds et al.
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Jurors. Practice in the Superior Court. Sheriffs. Witness. Before Judge Clark. Lee Superior Court. March Term, 1877. This was an appeal from the county court to the superior court. Gill, former shériff, moved to set aside an attachment issued against him by the clerk of the county court. The facts alleged were, in brief, as follows: In 1859, Warren & Eloyd, attorneys at law, placed in the hands of Sullivan, the deputy sheriff, a fi. fa. in favor of Odom against Folds et al. Sullivan collected the money and paid it to Eloyd. He stated, however, to the latter that there was an attachment…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
"A rule absolute was obtained against Gill, the sheriff of Lee, for the default of his deputy, in not paying over money collected by the deputy. Some five or six years afterwards, a motion was made to vacate, or set aside, the rule. It was vacated after verdict, and Odom moved for a new trial, on grounds set out in the motion, which was overruled, and Odom brings the case here on the refusal of the court to set aside the verdict and grant the new trial.
1. The first ground is that the court erred in refusing tb fill up the panel of petit jurors to twenty-four — two of them being…
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