Scott v. Ward
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Eule against sheriff; from Crisp superior court—E. F. Strozier, judge pro hac vice. November 20, 1917. In the petition of W. E. Scott for a rule against J. H. Ward, sheriff, it is alleged: that in the' case of B. 0. Willis et al. v. J.'H. Ward, sheriff, which was a rule to distribute money, the answer of the sheriff stated that the property levied on was'sold for $765; that at the hearing of that proceeding, on June 21, 1915, the court ordered the sheriff to pay to…
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Eule against sheriff; from Crisp superior court—E. F. Strozier, judge pro hac vice. November 20, 1917. In the petition of W. E. Scott for a rule against J. H. Ward, sheriff, it is alleged: that in the' case of B. 0. Willis et al. v. J.'H. Ward, sheriff, which was a rule to distribute money, the answer of the sheriff stated that the property levied on was'sold for $765; that at the hearing of that proceeding, on June 21, 1915, the court ordered the sheriff to pay to plaintiff, Scott, $333.43; that the sheriff caused to be paid over to J. T. Hill, attorney for plaintiff, $166.71, leaving a…
1Opinion of the Court
'Jenkins, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The effect of the agreement entered into between the plaintiff and the Byrom Corporation was to release the sheriff from any liability to the plaintiff for the balance due him under the judgment in the former money-rule proceeding, and also to relieve the Byrom Corporation from the necessity of paying to the sheriff that amount of the purchasé-price of the property purchased by--the said corporation, the plaintiff therein agreeing to adjust the remainder of his claim with the Byrom Corporation and to look to it for the payment thereof. The…
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