Sasser v. Adkins

1. This case was brought to this court without the payment of costs, the plaintiff in error.having made and duly filed an affidavit in forma pauperis. The affidavit was made in Bulloch county and attested by the ordinary of Screven county, both counties being in this State; and the question arose as to whether the ordinary had authority to administer the oath. This court has held that an ordinary may attest a deed, under the statute authorizing the judge of any court of record to do so: Gress Lumber Co. v. Coody, 99 Ga. 775; this decision recognizing the ordinary as the judge of a court of…