Case Name: Ray v. Byrd
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1903-05-30
Citations: 118 Ga. 86
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ray v. Byrd.
Judges: By five Justices.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 118
Pages: 86–86

Head Matter:
Ray v. Byrd.
Argued April 30, —
Decided May 30, 1903.
Trover. Before Judge Felton. Crawford superior court. November 28,' 1902.
B. B. Smith and Mathews & Biley, for plaintiff.
W. J. Wallace, contra.

Opinion:
Lamar, J.
Property having been levied on, the defendant in fi. fa. brought bail-trover against the officer, giving bond, under the Civil Code, § 4606, for, ' the forthcoming of the property to answer the judgment in the case. The • officer prevailed in the suit, and elected to take a money verdict. Held, that he had only a qualified interest in the property; and where it was worth more than the amount of the fi. fa., he was only entitled to recover a verdict for an amount sufficient to satisfy and discharge the execution under which the levy had been made, Holmes v. Langston, 110 Ga. 864 (2).
Judgment reversed.
By five Justices.