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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-13-171. When defendant bound by sale under void process.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-13-171. When defendant bound by sale under void process.

Where property is sold under void process and the proceeds are applied to valid liens against the defendant or the defendant receives the benefit thereof, he shall be bound thereby if he is present and does not object to the sale.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 5472; Civil Code 1910, § 6077; Code 1933, § 39-1315.

## History of Code Section.

The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decisions in Tribble v. Anderson, 63 Ga. 31 (1878); Reichert v. Voss, 78 Ga. 54, 2 S.E. 558 (1886) and O’Kelley v. Gholston, 89 Ga. 1, 15 S.E. 123 (1892).