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(Orig. Code 1863, § 3586; Code 1868, § 3609; Code 1873, § 3659; Code 1882, § 3659; Civil Code 1895, § 5444; Civil Code 1910, § 6049; Code 1933, § 39-603.)
This section imposes duty on execution creditor to assert the creditor's lien, regardless of under which execution the money is raised. Rushin v. Shields & Ball, 11 Ga. 636 (1852).
This section applies when creditor purchases younger fi. fa., and accepts satisfaction thereof. Newton v. Nunnally, 4 Ga. 356 (1848).
- 30 Am. Jur. 2d, Executions and Enforcement of Judgments, § 516 et seq.
- 33 C.J.S., Executions, § 232.
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