Levying officer leaving property in custody of defendant.

- This section is peculiarly applicable when the levying officer leaves property in the custody of the defendant, when no claim or affidavit of illegality is interposed. Mullis v. Kennedy, 143 Ga. 618, 85 S.E. 845 (1915).

Bond creates agency relationship.

- Giving of forthcoming bond by the defendant in fi. fa. creates the relationship of an agency. Roebuck v. Thornton, 19 Ga. 149 (1855); Smith v. Davis, 3 Ga. App. 419, 60 S.E. 199 (1908); Peacock Hdwe. Co. v. Allen, 33 Ga. App. 654, 127 S.E. 780 (1925).

Plaintiff may consent to taking of bond. Hand v. Brown, 144 Ga. 272, 86 S.E. 1080 (1915).

Obligor in forthcoming bond commits breach when the obligor fails to deliver all property at the time and place of sale, or delivers the property in a damaged condition. Dickens v. Maxey, 42 Ga. App. 783, 157 S.E. 368 (1931).

After demand for property, sheriff may sue on bond, without advertising the property for sale. Hatton v. Brown, 1 Ga. App. 747, 57 S.E. 1044 (1907).

Plaintiff in execution may sell property if found, though the bond is forfeited. Chesapeake Guano Co. v. Wilder, 85 Ga. 550, 11 S.E. 618 (1890).

Action under this section is properly brought in name of sheriff for the use of the plaintiff in fieri facias. Hatton v. Brown, 1 Ga. App. 747, 57 S.E. 1044 (1907).

Plaintiff must show that there has been breach of bond with resulting damage. Grace v. Finleyson, 10 Ga. App. 480, 73 S.E. 689 (1912); Redwine Bros. v. Street, 18 Ga. App. 77, 89 S.E. 163 (1916); Arnold & Son v. Rhodes, 26 Ga. App. 86, 105 S.E. 453, cert. denied, 26 Ga. App. 800 (1921). See also Lane v. Johnson, 22 Ga. App. 740, 97 S.E. 254 (1918).

In action on forthcoming bond, no issue can properly be raised as to title to the property involved. O'Neill Mfg. Co. v. Harris, 127 Ga. 640, 56 S.E. 739 (1907); Hatton v. Brown, 1 Ga. App. 747, 57 S.E. 1044 (1907); Rowland v. Page, 4 Ga. App. 269, 61 S.E. 148 (1908).

Defendant cannot show that property was misdescribed in the bond. Bowden v. Taylor, 81 Ga. 199, 6 S.E. 277 (1888).

Surety on bond cannot defend by showing fraudulent representations on the part of the levying officer. Rowland v. Page, 4 Ga. App. 269, 61 S.E. 148 (1908).

Cited in Moody v. Morgan, 25 Ga. 381 (1858); Wortsman v. Wade, 77 Ga. 651 (1886); Hobbs v. Taylor, 13 Ga. App. 451, 79 S.E. 356 (1913); Garmany v. Loach, 34 Ga. App. 722, 131 S.E. 108 (1925).

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 70 Am. Jur. 2d, Sheriffs, Police, and Constables, § 67 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 33 C.J.S., Executions, § 192 et seq.

ALR.

- Right of obligor in action on forthcoming bond or receipt for return of property seized under process to set up title in himself, 37 A.L.R. 1402.

Right of sheriff or constable to demand indemnity bond as a condition of executing process or seizure of property, absent claim by third person, 95 A.L.R. 943.