Case Name: Hopkins vs. Thomas, sheriff
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1888-04-23
Citations: 80 Ga. 641
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hopkins vs. Thomas, sheriff.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 80
Pages: 641–642

Head Matter:
Hopkins vs. Thomas, sheriff.
Where a dispossessory warrant was sued out against certain parties, and a counter-affidavit was filed, and two of defendants each tendered bond with the same sureties, and it was shown that., while the sureties might have been sufficient for one bond, they were not for both, it was not error for the court below to refuse a mandamus requiring the sheriff to receive the bonds.
April 23, 1888.
Dispossessory warrant. Counter-affidavit. Bonds. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton superior court. 'October term, 1887.
Reported in the decision.
M. A. Bell and Geo. S. Thomas, for plaintiff.
J. B. Goodwin and L. Z. Rosser, for defendant.

Opinion:
Blandford, Justice.
DeGive et al. sued out a warrant to turn Hopkins and others out of the possession of a certain tract of land. A counter-affidavit was filed, and Hopkins and Faulkner each tendered bond, with the same sureties for each. The sheriff refused to receive the bonds, because he did not think them sufficient. Hopkins and Faulkner thereupon .applied to the judge of the superior court for a writ in the nature of a mandamus to compel the sheriff to receive the bonds. The court inquired into the matter and held that the bonds were insufficient. We think the court was right in so holding. He was authorized to hold as he did, under the evidence disclosed by the record. While the sureties upon Hopkins's bond might have been sufficient, it is shown clearly enough that they were not sufficient for both; and we think the sheriff did right in refusing to take the bond, and that the court did right to discharge the rule against .him.
Judgment affirmed.