Legal Opinion
Hester v. Shrouder
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 21, 1941No. 28771PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Stephens; P. J.
T. J. Shrouder instituted suit against G. W. Hester and National Surety Company to recover $3000 as damages arising out of certain alleged acts of Hester as sheriff of Jeff Davis County. The sheriff was sued on his official bond ($3000), for the principal and National Surety Company, his surety, was joined as a party defendant. The action was brought in two counts. It appeared from the allegations of the first count that a chattel mortgage fi. fa. was levied by the sheriff upon certain personal property, including growing crops in the field of the plaintiff, as the property of…
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Railway Co. v. GardnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Co. v. BagwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Elrod v. Anchor Duck MillsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
- American Surety Co. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Standard Surety C. Co. of N. Y. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
- Cain v. KendrickCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1945