Governor ex rel. Moore v. Hicks
Supreme Court of Georgia
Debt, in Crawford Superior Court. Tried before Judge Powers. March Term, 1852. This was an action on a Sheriff’s bond, brought under the following state of facts: In November, 1842, the plaintiff, Moore, obtained a judgment against one Sawyer, for nine hundred dollars and upwards ; and at the same time, the plaintiff, Myrick, obtained a judgment against the same person, for about seven hundred and forty dollars. These/, fas. were obtained in the Inferior Court.
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Debt, in Crawford Superior Court. Tried before Judge Powers. March Term, 1852. This was an action on a Sheriff’s bond, brought under the following state of facts: In November, 1842, the plaintiff, Moore, obtained a judgment against one Sawyer, for nine hundred dollars and upwards ; and at the same time, the plaintiff, Myrick, obtained a judgment against the same person, for about seven hundred and forty dollars. These/, fas. were obtained in the Inferior Court. After-wards, Moore and Myiick jointly became the purchasers of a Superior Court /. fa. against Sawyer, which had been obtained by…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] This is an action of debt, on a Sheriff’s bond, in the name of the Governor, for the use of George Moore and Matthew H. Myrick, against Elijah Hicks and Ewell Webb. The declaration states that the bond was made by Hicks and Webb, together with one Obadiah M. Colbert, since deceased. It then avers first, that all three of the obligors bound themselves for the faithful performance of the Sheriff; • and afterwards, that Hicks and Webb bound themselves.
The declaration further recites, that George Moore, one of the plaintiffs in the suit,…
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