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64 Ga. 116

Smith v. Wade

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 15, 1879

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1879-09-15

Certiorari, Rule. Levy and sale. Before Judge Underwood. Floyd County. At Chambers. July 29, 1879. Mrs. Smith petitioned for the writ of certiorari, presenting the following facts : She obtained an “attachment absolute” against Chambers, former constable of the 919th district, G. M., in the case of petitioner against Bailey, for $25.00, with interest at 20 per cent, per annum theron from October 9, 1877.

Decided 1879-09-15

Bleckley, Justice.

¶1Mrs. Smith ruled constable No. 1, and obtained an execution against him. He paid to constable No. 2 a balance due upon this execution. She then ruled constable No. 2, who answered that constable No. 1 had served him with a notice to hold up the money, and produced a copy of the notice, or, perhaps, the original.

¶2Whether this pair of constables are pulling together .or against each other, we see not how Mrs. Smith is to get her money by mere constable power. She seems to us to need judicial assistance. The magistrate ought to have made the rule absolute, and as he refused, the judge of the superior court should have sanctioned the petition for certiorari. Mere notice to an officer to detain money which he has collected on legal process, will not justify him in holding it. 53 Ga., 79.

¶3Judgment reversed.

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