Legal Opinion

Richardson v. Waits

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 29, 1938No. 26890Published

1Opinion of the CourtFelton, J.

The city court of Decatur does not have jurisdiction of a rule against a constable of a justice’s court, to require him to pay over money alleged to have been collected under an execution issued from a justice’s court. The Code, § 24-205, gives the superior courts such jurisdiction by declaring constables to be officers of the superior court. § 24-815, giving the superior courts jurisdiction over inferior tribunals relates to the extraordinary equitable powers of the superior courts. Black v. Weaver, 7 Ga. App. 507 (67 S. E. 389); Pyles v. Easterling, 30 Ga. App. 783 (119 S. E. 351); Griffin…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Griffin v. NixCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
  2. Black v. WeaverCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910
  3. Pyles v. EasterlingCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1923

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