Davison-Paxon Co. v. Hume

A supersedeas, where a jirdgment has been excepted to, operates only as a suspension of the enforcement of the judgment against the defendant. Miller v. Gay, 98 Ga. 536 (25 S. E. 577). See also Barnett v. Strain, 153 Ga. 43 (111 S. E. 574). The issuance of a supersedeas suspending the enforcement of a judgment does not operate to change the character of the judgment as an adjudication by a legal'tribunal that *168the defendant, is indebted to or obligated to the plaintiff. Garnishment may issue on the judgment. Miller v. Gay, supra.

Before the passage of the act of 1933 (Ga. L. 1933 p. 35), as…