52 Ga. App. 800 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1936
On December 27, 1929, A. G. Smith, trustee, brought suit against C. E. Sussan for $285, rent for an apartment. On February 4, 1930, judgment for $285, together with interest and
The substance of the contention of the plaintiff in error is that the original suit for rent was for $285, and in the copy of the suit served on him the amount sued for was $90, and, therefore, the return of the officer reciting that he had served the defendant with a copy of the action was untrue, and the procedure thereafter was illegal. The defendant testified that he didn’t know the judgment against him existed until the money rule was brought against him on July 23, 1934, to subject to the payment of the judgment his funds in the hands of the marshal, that when he was served with the copy of the suit showing an indebtedness of $90, he, recognizing that it called for rent he owed, paid (in two separate payments) the $90 and costs to one Sharp, the attorney for the plaintiff, and took receipts from him. He testified that “Mr. Sharp was supposed to dismiss it. He told me it was after I paid the $90 and cost. I was working for the Southern Eailway, and garnishment was run on my salary at the same time suit was filed.” The receipts, which were introduced in evidence, do not show that the payments were in full settlement of the debt, or that attorney Sharp agreed to dismiss the $285 suit for a payment of $90, but show that he agreed to release the garnishment, the receipt for the last payment reciting: “I will furnish release of garnishment to Southern Eailway Company in said cause.” That he released the garnishment is undisputed. If the defendant is correct in saying that the attorney
The appellate division of the municipal court did not err in affirming the judgment of the trial judge in overruling the motion for new trial.
Judgment affirmed.