Brannon v. Barnes

1. If after a levy is made by a sheriff or other officer a claim is interposed to the property, it is the duty of such officer to transmit the execution with his entries thereon to the court from which it issued, together with the claim papers. Civil Code, § 4621. If he fails so to do, the officer may be compelled by rule to so transmit such papers. Cottle v. Dodson, 25 Ga. 633; Brannan v. Cheek, 103 Ga. 354.

2. While a sheriff, under the provisions of the code, is liable to be attached as for a contempt for neglecting to sell property upon which he has made a levy, the measure of such…