Gay v. Crockett

Grice, Justice.

This is another suit in the litigation over costs, fines and forefeitures pertaining to the Sheriff of the City of Dublin. The controversy was previously here in Gay v. Laurens County, 213 Ga. 518 (100 SE2d 271) and Gay v. Lewis, 215 Ga. 317 (109 SE2d 646).

The case now before us arose .when a rule was brought, on April 8, 1961, by the incumbent Judge of the City Court of Dublin against Carlus D. Gay, a former sheriff. The rule recited that Gay, as sheriff, had collected $73,549.25 in costs, fines and forfeitures from the June term, 1958, to December 31, 1960; that he was…