Case Name: Stone vs. Richardson
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1885-12-22
Citations: 76 Ga. 97
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stone vs. Richardson.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 76
Pages: 97–97

Head Matter:
Stone vs. Richardson.
A traverse of a sheriff’s return made at the first term may be amended at a subsequent term by making the sheriff a party. 59 Gd., 461: 68 let., 215.
Judgment affirmed. •
December 22,1885.

Opinion:
Jackson, Chief Justice.
[Suit was brought to the April term, 1884, of Whitfield superior court. The sheriff made a return of service by leaving a copy at the most notorious place of abode of the defendant. At the appearance term, the defendant filed > a traverse of the entry, but the sheriff was not made a party. At the next term, when the case was called, coun-. sel for the plaintiff moved to strike the traverse on that', ground. Before any decision was made, the court allowed i the sheriff to be made a party. At. the next term, the motion to strike was renewed and overruled,,and the tra- • verse being submitted to the judge without a,.jury, .he sustained it, and the plaintiff