Elrod v. Groves
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action on sheriff’s bond. Before Judge Fite. Murray superior-court. August 12, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
This was a suit upon a sheriff’s bond. The petition alleged that the sheriff had levied a tax execution upon a tract of land and had sold the same in the manner prescribed by law, and that after the sale and before the time for redemption had expired the sheriff had ejected the defendant in the tax execution from the premises and placed the purchaser at the tax sale in possession. It was alleged that this constituted a breach of the bond. The defendants demurred to the petition, upon the ground that under the law of this State it was the duty of the sheriff, upon the applica- - ■.tion of the…
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