Personal Finance Co. v. Evans

1. Any officer knowingly levying upon property which has been made exempt from the process by either of the methods provided by law shall be guilty of a trespass, except that in ease of the constitutional homestead a levy is permissible where the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, makes and places in the hands of the officer the affidavit prescribed by law. Civil Code (1910), §§ 3399, 3400, 3422; Marcrum v. Washington, 109 Ga. 296 (2) (34 S. E. 585).

2. Where an officer makes an unauthorized and wrongful levy upon the property of another, he and any others who procure such a seizure are liable…