Case Name: Humphreys v. Avery & Company
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1922-07-24
Citations: 28 Ga. App. 787
Docket Number: 12656
Parties: Humphreys v. Avery & Company.
Judges: Jenkins, P. J., concurs.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 787–787

Head Matter:
12656.
Humphreys v. Avery & Company.
Decided July 24, 1922.
Affidavit of illegality; from Pulaski superior court — Judge' Graham. June 15, 1921.
Marion Turner, for plaintiff in error. H. T. Lawson, contra.

Opinion:
Stephens, J.
The giving of a forthcoming bond not being essential to the validity of an affidavit of illegality filed to a common-law execution, an affidavit of illegality to what appears to be such an execution, which sets up a legal defense against the proceeding of the levy, was improperly dismissed upon the ground that the forthcoming bond which was actually given to the sheriff, accompanying the affidavit ot illegality, did not contain a proper surety. See, in this connection, Civil Code (1910), § 5305, 6040; Crayton v. Fox, 100 Ga. 781 (28 S. E. 510). Judgment reversed.
Jenkins, P. J., concurs.