Edwards v. City of Atlanta

1. Where, on certiorari from a trial court, the certified copy of the certiorari bond is signed by one as agent for the surety named thereon, the authority of such agent must expressly appear (Taylor v. City of Atlanta, 84 Ga. App. 739, 67 S. E. 2d 143, and citations), as the validity of such bond is a condition precedent to obtaining a writ of certiorari. Hubert v. City of Thomasville, 18 Ga. App. 756 (90 S. E. 720), and the numerous citations.

2. Authority to execute a sealed instrument must itself be under seal. Overman v. Atkinson, 102 Ga. 750 (29 S. E. 758).

3. Where the certiorari bond is…