Tompkins v. American Land Co.

1. Shares, of stock in a corporation may be levied upon by giving notice of the levy to the defendant and to the officers or agents who have access to the books of the corporation, and sale of the stock under the levy may be made only by the sheriff or his deputy. See Weaver v. Tuten, 144 Ga. 9 (5) (85 S. E. 1048) ; Park’s Ann. Code, §§ 6035, 6036.

2. In this case the evidence was somewhat conflicting, or not definite, as to the particular day of the transfer of the shares of stock levied upon to the claimant by the' defendant in fi. fa., the books of the corporation having been destroyed by…