History. Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 71; Laws 1816, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 74; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 25, § 11; Code 1863, § 3232; Code 1868, § 3243; Ga. L. 1872, p. 8, § 1; Code 1873, § 3319; Code 1882, § 3319; Civil Code 1895, § 4567; Civil Code 1910, § 5113; Code 1933, § 8-701.