107 Ga. 728 | Ga. | 1899
A writ of certiorari can not, in a civil case, be lawfully issued until after the party applying for the same, his agent or attorney, shall have filed with the clerk of the superior court a bond, with good security, conditioned to pay the adverse party the eventual condemnation-money together with all future costs, or shall make and file with the petition for certiorari an affidavit that he is advised and believes he has good cause for certiorari, and that owing to his poverty he is unable to pay the costs and give security. Civil Code, §§4639, 4641; Kelly v. Jackson, 67 Ga. 274; Hendrix v. Mason, 70 Ga. 523; Hester v. Keller, 74 Ga. 369; Lowe v. Wallace, Ibid. 402. These cases establish the proposition that the .certiorari bond must be duly approved before the writ can issue; and necessarily the approval must be made by the judge
Judgment reversed.