McBrien v. Starkweather

1. Although, as provided in section 5064 of the Civil Code of 1910, attachments returnable to the justices’ courts should be directed “to all and singular the constables of this State,” yet where an attachment is misdirected, a levy thereunder is nevertheless lawful if made by an officer to whom the attachment was directed and who was lawfully empowered to make the levy. Warren v. Purtell, 63 Ga. 428; Buchanan v. Sterling, 63 Ga. 227; Cheney v. Beall, 69 Ga. 533. Where an attachment which is returnable to the justice’s court is directed “to all and singular sheriffs and constables of said…