Case ID: ga_177/html/0812-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Hill, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Brantley v. Hicks, administrator.
    No. 9789.
    October 13, 1933.
   Hill, J.

1. Levy of a tax execution against property in the hands of an administrator for distribution, which execution according to the evidence is excessive, is void, and a sale thereunder will pass no title.

2. Under the facts of this case the court did not err in continuing in force the order restraining a sale of the property levied on. Civil Code, § 4000. This case differs in its facts from Harris Orchard Co. v. Tharpe, 177 Ga. 547, where the complainant was a third party whose remedy is provided in the Civil Code (1910), § 1159.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices conaw.

G. G. Bidgood, for plaintiff in error.

L. fj. Porter and B. G. Hichs, contra.