Satisfaction of Judgment Against County

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The private property of the citizens of a county shall not be bound by any judgment obtained against the county. Such judgment, if binding, shall be satisfied from money raised by lawful taxation.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 480; Code 1868, § 542; Code 1873, § 508; Code 1882, § 508; Civil Code 1895, § 363; Civil Code 1910, § 412; Code 1933, § 23-1603.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 20 C.J.S., Counties, §§ 419, 420.

ALR.

- County as subject to garnishment process, 60 A.L.R. 823.

CHAPTER 12 SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT OF PAUPERS

Sec.

  • 36-12-1. General supervision of paupers.
  • 36-12-2. Eligibility for benefits.
  • 36-12-3. Duty of relatives to support paupers generally; right of county to recover from relatives for provisions furnished.
  • 36-12-4. Liability of person sending pauper to county for support purposes.
  • 36-12-5. Interment or cremation of deceased indigents.
Cross references.

- Provision of hospital care for the indigent generally, § 31-8-1.

Establishment of county departments of family and children's services, § 49-3-1.


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