Case Name: Collins, trustee, v. Hill
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1902-04-30
Citations: 115 Ga. 465
Docket Number: 
Parties: Collins, trustee, v. Hill.
Judges: All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 115
Pages: 465–465

Head Matter:
Collins, trustee, v. Hill.
Submitted Marcli 1,
Decided April 30, 1902.
Levy and claim. Before Judge Hart. Hancock superior court. February 7, 1901.
Hunt & Merritt and James A. Harley, for plaintiff in error.
William H. Burwell, contra.

Opinion:
Cobb, J.
1. There can be no legal verdict in favor of the plaintiff in execution in a claim case unless there is introduced in evidence at the trial a valid, unsatisfied execution in favor of the plaintiff in execution against the defendant in execution. If the execution introduced in evidence is for any reason void, or if no execution is offered in evidence, the plaintiff in execution fails to make out his case, and the levy should be dismissed. Gunn v. McMichael, 68 Ga. 826 (2); Funkhouser v. Male, 110 Ga. 766(3), and cases cited.
2. When in the trial of a claim case the plaintiff in execution offers to introduce the execution in evidence, and upon objection to its introduction being made withdraws the same, and the evidence is closed without the execution being again offered, it is error to direct a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in execution ; the only proper judgment to be entered would be to dismiss the levy.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.