Lightner v. Belk

1. In a suit against a sheriff and others, to enjoin a sale under execution, where the sheriff was joined as a party merely because he was the officer who made the levy, he was only a formal party without interest, and was not disqualified from serving the process upon the other defendants. Coker v. Montgomery, 110 Ga. 20 (35 S. E. 273) ; Reynolds & Hamby Co. v. Martin, 116 Ga. 495 (42 S. E. 796); Railroad Commission v. Palmer Hardware Co., 124 Ga. 633 (4), 640 (53 S. E. 193) ; Ruis v. Lothridge, 149 Ga. 474 (100 S. E. 635); Bank of East Point v. Dupre, 152 Ga. 547 (2) (110 S. E. 240) ;…