109 Ga. 398 | Ga. | 1899
Aaron Griswold appeared before L. C. Ryan, judge of the county court of Pulaski county, and-made an affidavit authorized by section 4813 of the Civil Code, for the removal of Fannie Rutherford from certain land as a tenant at sufferance. Under this affidavit the warrant provided for in section 4814 of the Civil Code was issued by said judge of the county court. The proceedings were arrested as provided for in section 4815 of the Civil Code, and an issue formed. On the call of the case in the superior court, the defendant made a motion to dismiss the case on the ground that only a judge of the superior court or a justice of the peace could under the law administer the oath and issue the warrant. The court sustained this motion and dismissed the case, and to his judgment in so doing the plaintiff in said proceedings excepted. The only question to be considered is, whether the judge of the county court had jurisdiction to administer the affidavit and issue the warrant. Section 4813 of the code provides, that the owner of the land, or his agent or attorney, may go before the judge of the superior court, or any justice of the peace, and make oath to the fact; and section 4814 of the same code provides, that when such affidavit shall have been made, the officer before whom it was made shall issue the warrant. When the execution of the warrant is arrested by the counter-affidavit as provided in section 4815 of the Civil Code, the proceedings must be returned to the superior court of the county-where the land lies. Civil Code, § 4816.
It will thus be seen that the statute only gives jurisdiction
Affirmed.