Case Name: Partin, sheriff, v. Smith, ordinary
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1916-10-19
Citations: 146 Ga. 35
Docket Number: 
Parties: Partin, sheriff, v. Smith, ordinary.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 146
Pages: 35–35

Head Matter:
Partin, sheriff, v. Smith, ordinary.
October 19, 1916.
Petition for mandamus. Before Judge Hardeman. Toombs superior court. February 5, 1916.
I. H. Gorbitt and J. J. Williams, for plaintiff.
Giles & Sharpe, for defendant.

Opinion:
Gilbert, J.
All sureties, other than guarantee and surety companies, on a sheriff's bond "must be permanent residents of the State, and two also of the county, and freeholders thereof." Civil Code' (1910), § 281. A petition for mandamus to require the ordinary to approve the bond of a sheriff, whieh does not allege these requirements, is fatally defective; and where the court tried the case on such petition and the answer, without evidence, a rule absolute could not lawfully be ordered. The court did not err in refusing a mandamus absolute.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.