Seamans v. King
Supreme Court of Georgia
Garnishment. Justice Courts. Constables. Bonds. Before Judge Boynton. Rockdale Superior Court. February Adjourned Term, 1887. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
This is a safe case. King was a constable. The action was upon his official bond. It involved his liability for the safe-keeping of a safe. We think him safe against the liability. The property was the subject-matter of a garnishment returnable to a justice’s court, issued at the instance of Rollins, upon a judgment against Jones, one Tilley being the garnishee. Tilley by his answer admitted his possession as bailee, also the owernership of Jones, and thereupon surrendered the property; and the court ordered it to be sold, as pointed out in the code, §§3305, 3549.…
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