Legal Opinion

Smith v. Rust

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 2, 1888PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Judgments. Executions. Statute of Limitations. Before Judge Bower. Dougherty Superior Court. April Term, 1887. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Blandford, Justice.

In this case, Smith sued the defendants in error and obtained judgment against them in the superior court of Dougherty county; and a writ of execution was duly sued out upon that judgment within seven years from the rendition thereof. Entries were regularly made upon the execution within seven years from the suing out of the same. When it was levied, a claim was interposed by certain parties, and a motion was made to quash the execution on the ground that it did not follow the j udgment. The court below sustained this motion, and dismissed the levy. The case was brought…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Smith v. LockettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Stanford v. ConnerySupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
  2. Grissom v. F. W. Heitmann Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1939
  3. First National Bank v. McCaskillCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1921
  4. Long v. WightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
  5. Hanks v. PearceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895

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