Johnson v. Christie
Supreme Court of Georgia
Tax. Officers. Comptroller-general. Wild lands. .Before Judge Hood. Terrell Superior Court. May Term, 1879. This was a rale nisi granted on petition of T. E. Johnson against S. R. Christie, sheriff of Terrell county.
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Tax. Officers. Comptroller-general. Wild lands. .Before Judge Hood. Terrell Superior Court. May Term, 1879. This was a rale nisi granted on petition of T. E. Johnson against S. R. Christie, sheriff of Terrell county. In his petition and amended petition the movant, Johnson, alleges that on the 18th day of February, 1878, and other days and times, he had duly assigned and transferred to him by W. L. Goldsmith, comptroller-general of the state of Georgia, two hundred wild land tam fi.fas., issued against various lots of land in Terrell county, for which he paid to Goldsmith, as…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
Johnson, as the transferee of certain wild land fi. fas., brought a rule against the sheriff of Terrell county, requiring him to show cause why he should ' not pay over to him the money in his hands arising from the sale of certain described wild lands for taxes. Upon the hearing of the rule the court decided that the transfer of th o fi.fas. to the plaintiff in the rule was made without authority of law, and was therefore void, and discharged the rule, whereupon the plaintiff excepted.
It appears from the evidence in the record that the tax ii. fas. were issued by W. L.…
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