Case Name: Moultrie Packing Company, v. Atlanta Mutual Association
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1918-11-11
Citations: 23 Ga. App. 44
Docket Number: 9541
Parties: Moultrie Packing Company, v. Atlanta Mutual' Association.
Judges: Wade, C. J., and Jenkins, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 44–44

Head Matter:
9541.
Moultrie Packing Company, v. Atlanta Mutual' Association.
Decided November 11, 1918.
Affidavit of illegality; from Colquitt superior court—Judge Thomas. January 22, 1918.
In the briefs of counsel it is stated that the question for decision is whether affidavit of'illegality or an equitable proceeding is the proper remedy. Counsel for plaintiff in error cited: Platen v. Byck, 50 Gg. 245; 20 Cyc. 1199; Bartrom v. Collins Mfg. Co., 69 Ga. 751; Rich v. Kiser, 61 Ga. 370; Mitchell v. Cooper, 73 Ga. 796; Bowen v. Groover, 77 Ga. 196 (9a). Cited contra: Green v. Oliphant, 64 Ga. 566; Tumlin v. O’Bryan, 68 Ga. 65; Harbig v. Freund, 69 Ga. 184; Hood v. Parker, 63 Ga. 510.
Shipp & Kline, for plaintiff in error.
P. Q. Bryan, J. L. Dowling, contra.

Opinion:
Luke, J.
A garnishee who had not answered could not hy affidavit of illegality arrest an execution and set aside a judgment, upon the ground that before its rendition against the garnishee as being in default, the defendant had paid to the attorney for the plaintiff in ft. fa. a part of the claim and had given him a check and' note to cover the balance. • Affidavit of illegality is not the proper remedy in such a ease. Tumlin v. O'Bryan, 68 Ga. 65; Lynch v. Gannon, 57 Ga. 608; Civil Code (1910), § 5311. The court did not err in sustaining the demurrer to the affidavit of illegality.
Judgment affirmed.
Wade, C. J., and Jenkins, J., concur.