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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-13-172. When execution sale set aside.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-13-172. When execution sale set aside.

Courts shall have full power over their officers making execution sales. Whenever the court is satisfied that a sale made under process is infected with fraud, irregularity, or error to the injury of either party, the court shall set aside the sale.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 5427; Civil Code 1910, § 6032; Code 1933, § 39-1316.

## Law Reviews

For note discussing legal and equitable relief from execution available to debtors, see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 814 (1978).

## History of Code Section.

The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Parker v. Glenn, 72 Ga. 637 (1884).