Georgia Court of Appeals, 1924

Waters v. Scott

Waters v. Scott
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided February 27, 1924 · Stephens
31 Ga. App. 690; 121 S.E. 865; 1924 Ga. App. LEXIS 130

Waters v. Scott

Opinion of the Court

Stephens, J.

This being an affidavit of illegality to a judgment rendered against the affiant as surety upon a bond given by the defendant in a proceeding to foreclose a sawmill lien on lumber, and it appearing that the defense set up by the affiant was that the plaintiff had taken possession of the lumber levied on and had converted the same to his own use before judgment had been rendered upon the bond, and this defense being one that could have been made by the affiant before judgment, the court properly- dismissed'the affidavit of illegality. See Shapiro v. Bank of Graymont, 31 Ga. App. 576, and the authority there cited.

Judgment affirmed.

Jenkins, P. J., md Bell, J., concur.

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