Taylor v. Jordan
Taylor v. Jordan
Opinion of the Court
A judgment for a sum of money was recovered in tlie municipal court of Atlanta, and thereafter the defendant instituted a suit against the plaintiff in the same court and recovered a judgment for a larger amount. The plaintiff in the second suit desired to set off his judgment against the first judgment, but on the date of its rendition the plaintiff in the first judgment formally transferred for value his interest therein to a third person. Execution based thereon was levied, and garnishment was served. An affidavit of illegality was interposed. An equitable suit was brought by the defendant named in the first judgment, against the plaintiff and his transferee, his attorney, and the levying officer, to enjoin all the proceedings in the municipal court and to consolidate them in the one action in the superior court, and to cancel the transfer on the ground of fraud, so
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