Georgia § 9-12-87 - Judgments from same term considered of equal date.
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§ 9-12-87. Judgments from same term considered of equal date.
All judgments signed on verdicts rendered at the same term of court shall be considered, held, and taken to be of equal date. In the case of judgments signed on verdicts rendered at the same term of the court, no execution shall be entitled to any preference by reason of being first placed in the hands of the levying officer. (Laws 1822, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 497; Code 1863, § 3497; Code 1868, § 3520; Code 1873, § 3578; Code 1882, § 3578; Civil Code 1895, § 5349; Civil Code 1910, § 5944; Code 1933, §§ 39-112, 110-505.) Law reviews. - For note discussing procedures required to effect a levy of execution, see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 814 (1978).
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