Dodd & Co. v. Glover
Supreme Court of Georgia
Levy and claim. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. September term, 1896. Five justice’s court executions in favor of P. & G. T. Dodd & Co. against W. W. Campbell & Co., Mrs. Lizzie M. Fuller, and others, were levied upon certain land in Fulton county, as the property of Lizzie M. Fuller, and claims were interposed by W. A. Glover. The cases were consolidated and tried together without a jury.
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Levy and claim. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. September term, 1896. Five justice’s court executions in favor of P. & G. T. Dodd & Co. against W. W. Campbell & Co., Mrs. Lizzie M. Fuller, and others, were levied upon certain land in Fulton county, as the property of Lizzie M. Fuller, and claims were interposed by W. A. Glover. The cases were consolidated and tried together without a jury. At the conclusion of the evidence the claimant moved to dismiss the levies upon the grounds: (1) That under the act of 1889, as applied to the agreed facts, the property in the hands of the…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
1. The judgments rendered by the magistrate in favor of Dodd & Co. against Campbell & Co. and Lizzie M. Fuller, March 8, 1889, were entered upon his docket, in accordance with section 4082 of the Civil Code. One of the prime objects of requiring the magistrate to enter the judgment upon his docket is, that all persons dealing with the defendant may have notice of the judgment against him. Neither the magistrate nor constable is required to keep an execution-docket, and prior to the registration act of 1889 the only practicable way of ascertaining whether any justice’s court judgment existed…
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