Lane v. Duke
Lane v. Duke
Opinion of the Court
In this case the alleged error is the sustaining of a general demurrer to a petition for a rule to distribute money. Counsel for the plaintiff in error concisely and correctly summarize the petition as follows: “While Honorable Doyle Campbell was solicitor-general of the Ocmulgee circuit Obe Harper was, in Baldwin superior court, prosecuted, indicted, tried, convicted, and fined $1000; his motion for new trial was perfected, argued, and overruled; he brought the case to this court [the Court of Appeals]; and it was here argued.- All this occurred during Mr. Campbell’s term, and he rendered all necessary and proper service in that behalf. On January 1, 1935, Honorable Joseph B. Duke succeeded Mr. Campbell. On January 13 this court affirmed the
The law controlling this case is contained in section 1114 of the Penal Code (1910), and is as follows: “Money arising from fines, or collected on forfeited recognizances in the superior courts, or for a violation of the penal laws, shall be first applied to the extinguishment of the insolvent lists of the officers bringing it into court and those of justices and constables pro rata, and then to the orders of former officers 'in proportion to their claims.” Under this code section, “the officers bringing it [the money] into court” are those who are in office when the money is actually paid into court.
The general demurrer to the petition was properly sustained.
Judgment affirmed.
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