53 Ga. 189 | Ga. | 1874
A levy upon land eonsisls in the entry. There is no- other seizure, and the statute, Code, 3640, declares that this entry shall be in writing, shall plainly describe the property levied on and the interest of.the defendant therein. And there is great justice and propriety in this requirement. The seizure of one’s land and the divesting of the title of the defendant in ji. fa. is a high prerogative, and ought only to be done under such circumstances as will do the least harm, and secure to the defendant a fair competition of bidders at its sale. Here was a judgment against two persons, and the laud of one of them is seized for sale to satisfy the judgment. The entry, the only levy there is, does not specify whose property it is charged to be. Is there any pointing out of the interest of the defendant? The advertisement of the sale will be of the same character. What sort of notice will thát be; and at the sale what will be sold? Whose interest? What will the sheriff’s deed declare? The levy is the measpre and the description of the thing sold. So far as the defendant is concerned we think this levy entirely deficient. There is, in fact, no description. It is plainly not the intent to say that both the defendants live on the- land. The only locality of the premises is that it is the land on which the defendant lives.
Judgment reversed.