Legal Opinion

State v. Jeter

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 15, 1880PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Sheriffs. Levy and sale. Practice in the Superior-Courts. Before Judge Wright. Decatur Superior Court. November Term, 1879. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Jackson, Justice.

This was an issue between the defendant Jeter, and' the state, under sections 2028 and 2029 of the Code in respect to the liability of defendant’s homestead to pay-the fi. fa. issued by' the comptroller-general against the tax collector of Decatur county, and defendant as one of his sureties. The defendant moved to dismiss the levy on the ground that when it was made there was an undisposed of levy and claim interposed, and no order of the-court was passed allowing the execution to be withdrawn from the claim papers to make the new levy. The state-replied that the former levy…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Branch v. RileySupreme Court of Georgia · 1855

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Porter Fertilizer Co. v. CoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929

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