GA 40-13-24 - GA 40-13-24

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Law prior to section. - At the time of the passage of Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 558, § 6 (see now O.C.G.A. § 40-13-24 ), the law of this state contemplated that every arrest, either for a misdemeanor or felony, would be made under a warrant. Cooper v. Lunsford, 203 Ga. 166 , 45 S.E.2d 395 (1947). Insolvent costs fund authorized. - Having construed Ga. L. Ex. Sess. 1937-38, p. 558, as contemplating the creation of an insolvent costs fund in order to pay the sheriff costs in accordance with its provisions, and the Act by its terms making the ordinary (now probate judge) an officer of the court and specifying the amount of costs the ordinary (now probate judge) is to receive in each case, the General Assembly necessarily intended that the ordinary (now probate judge) wo...