Branan v. Feldman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge E. D. Thomas. Fulton superior court. July 9, 1923. Charles I. Branan and J. B. Coppedge filed their equitable petition against Morris Feldman, Hamilton Douglas Jr., Helen Douglas, and Davis & Freeman Inc.; and made this case: On January 21, 1919, Davis & Freeman Inc. instituted in Fulton superior court a bail-trover suit against Z. T. Coppedge.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge E. D. Thomas. Fulton superior court. July 9, 1923. Charles I. Branan and J. B. Coppedge filed their equitable petition against Morris Feldman, Hamilton Douglas Jr., Helen Douglas, and Davis & Freeman Inc.; and made this case: On January 21, 1919, Davis & Freeman Inc. instituted in Fulton superior court a bail-trover suit against Z. T. Coppedge. Hamilton Douglas Jr. and Morris Feldman were the attorneys at law who represented the plaintiff in said action. On January 29, 1919, Z. T. Coppedge, with petitioners as sureties, executed his bond, payable to plaintiff,…
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. When an action of bail-trover is instituted against a defendant, it is the duty of the sheriff or other lawful officer serving the petition or process in such action “to take a recognizance payable to the plaintiff or complainant, with good security, in double the amount sworn to, for the forthcoming of such personal property to answer such judgment, execution, or decree as may be rendered or issued in the case, and such security shall be bound for the payment of the eventual condemnation-money.” Civil Code (1910), § 5151. The bond made and filed by the…
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