Nelson v. Gill
Supreme Court of Georgia
Executions. Statute of Limitations. Levy and Sale. Before Judge Clark. Macon Superior Court. December Term, 1875. Reported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
In this case the facts were submitted to the court and were as follows: No entry was made on the execution in seven years from the date thereof, but a motion was made to open and reduce it under the relief laws by one of the defendants, and returned to court by the sheriff; and then it was continued from term to term, and within seven years from the judgment the court ordered it to proceed; and the next year it was levied and met by an affidavit of illegality that it was dormant because no entry was made upon it.
If we should confine ourselves to the words of the statute, Ave…
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