Sheriff seizes Macon mayor's property to satisfy lien

MACON - Bibb County workers loaded $22,000 of household furnishings from Macon Mayor Jack Ellis&#39; home Saturday to satisfy a lien against the house. <br> <br> Robert Lovett, whose law firm represents Amal, a Macon boutique, said the store has a judgment against Ellis and his wife Margarethia for clothing and home items. The furnishings will be held in storage and could be sold to pay the lien. <br> <br> In August, Ellis&#39; then estranged wife was sued by the boutique&#39;s owner, Amal Gladin. Gladin claimed Ellis bought thousands of dollars in merchandise and didn&#39;t pay for it. <br> <br> Gladin sought $21,938.82 for store items, interest, unspecified damages, court costs and legal fees. <br> <br> Ellis said she did not realize she was being charged for the items and thought Gladin was providing her with clothing and household furnishings to attract business to her shop. <br> <br> ``I didn&#39;t want to go to the extent of them auctioning their property,&#39;&#39; Gladin said. ``(But) it&#39;s been two years, and they&#39;ve been promising and promising to pay. It&#39;s my business or them.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> On Friday, a judged ordered the Ellises to move out of their house by 5 p.m. Sunday. Lovett also represents the couple who purchased the home from the Ellises in 2001 and went to court to remove Margarethia Ellis. <br> <br> For more than a year, Margarethia Ellis has refused to move from the house even though she initially agreed to its sale. <br> <br> Margarethia Ellis said she would not have sold the house if she had known her husband planned to file for divorce. They have since reconciled.