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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-13-6. When rule absolute granted without notice.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-13-6. When rule absolute granted without notice.

If a sheriff or other officer designedly absents himself from his court, the presiding judge or justice, when required by plaintiffs in execution or their attorneys, shall grant a rule absolute against the sheriff or other officer without the notice provided for in Code Section 15-13-4 unless it is proved at such term of the court that the sheriff or other officer, from sickness, is not able to attend the court.

## History

Laws 1841, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 579; Code 1863, § 3859; Code 1868, § 3879; Code 1873, § 3955; Code 1882, § 3955; Civil Code 1895, § 4777; Civil Code 1910, § 5349; Code 1933, § 24-212.