Postell v. Chapman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Executions. Claims. Costs. Before Judge Harden. City court of Savannah. November term, 1887. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
An execution in favor of Chapman was levied upon a boat as the property of Inness, the defendant in execution. Postell interposed a claim. On the trial, it áppeared that a half-interest in the boat belonged to the claimant, and the other half-interest to the defendant in execution; and the jury found that a half-interest was subject to the levy. The court awarded all the costs against the claimant; to which the claimant excepted.
We think the costs should have been apportioned equally between the claimant and the plaintiff in execution. In such a case as this, equality is…
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