Bryant v. Mercier
Supreme Court of Georgia
Distress warrant. Liens. Amendment. Jurisdiction. Practice. Before Judge John T. Clarke. Clay-superior court. March term, 1888. Reported iu the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
A distress warrant for rent was sued out by Mercier against Bryant, in Early county, based upon an affidavit made before the judge of the county court, which officer issued the warrant. The affidavit alleged that Bryant was of that county. The sheriff of that county seized Bryant’s property, under the warrant, and he made affidavit denying that the sum distrained for was due and owing. Thereupon the papers were returned to the county court ; and at the succeeding term of that court, Bryant appeared and pleaded to the jurisdiction, on the ground that he was not a…
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