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2018 Georgia Code 15-16-25 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 15-16-25 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-16-25

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 16. Sheriffs, 15-16-1 through 15-16-59.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-16-25. Liability for hire received.

Where sheriffs hire property out after it has been levied upon, they are liable to the proper party for the hire received.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 339; Code 1868, § 400; Ga. L. 1871-72, p. 51, § 1; Code 1873, § 365; Code 1882, § 365; Civil Code 1895, § 4385; Civil Code 1910, § 4919; Code 1933, § 24-2822.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

By use of property, sheriff is liable for hire. Sumner v. Bell, 118 Ga. 240, 44 S.E. 973 (1903).

Cited in Howington v. Wilson, 213 Ga. 664, 100 S.E.2d 726 (1957).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Exception as regards payments to officers of court to rule preventing recovery back of payments made under mistake of law, 111 A.L.R. 637.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 15-16-25 From Courtlistener.com
Total Results: 1
Trustees of Jesse Parker Williams Hospital v. Nisbet
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1941-03-15
Citation: 14 S.E.2d 64, 191 Ga. 821
Snippet: other facts. For a like reason grounds 8, 14, 15, 16, 25, 26, 28, 29, 33, and 37 of the motion were meritorious