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(Orig. Code 1863, § 3475; Code 1868, § 3495; Code 1873, § 3553; Code 1882, § 3553; Civil Code 1895, § 4910; Civil Code 1910, § 5485; Code 1933, § 55-311.)
Status of clerk holding funds to await final distribution is analogous to that of receiver, who is not subject to the process of garnishment, rather than to the status of a sheriff, who is subject to such process. Bird v. Harris, 63 Ga. 433 (1879); Chance v. Simpkins, 22 Ga. App. 148, 95 S.E. 739 (1918).
Cited in Goddard v. Boozer, 160 Ga. App. 303, 287 S.E.2d 308 (1981).
- 6 Am. Jur. 2d, Attachment and Garnishment, § 396. 65 Am. Jur. 2d, Receivers, § 111.
- 38 C.J.S., Garnishment, § 293 et seq. 75 C.J.S., Receivers, §§ 130 et seq., 493, 494.
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