(DOWNLOAD) "William B. Alexander, Francis Swann, And Thomas Swann, Plaintiffs in Error v. Elisha Brown" by United States Supreme Court # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: William B. Alexander, Francis Swann, And Thomas Swann, Plaintiffs in Error v. Elisha Brown
- Author : United States Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 01, 1828
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
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This was a motion to the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, sitting in Alexandria, for an award of execution upon a forthcoming bond, taken in pursuance of the execution law of Virginia. That law directs, that if the owner of any goods or chattels, which shall be taken by virtue of a writ of fieri facias, shall tender sufficient security to have the same goods and chattels forthcoming, at the day of sale; it shall be lawful for the sheriff or other officer, to take bond from such debtor and securities, payable to the creditor, reciting the service of such execution, and the amount of the money or tobacco due thereon, and with condition to have the money or tobacco forthcoming, at the day of sale appointed by such sheriff or other officer; and shall thereupon suffer the said goods and chattels to remain in the possession, and at the risk of the debtor, until that time. And if the owner of such goods and chattels shall fail to deliver up the same, according to the condition of the bond, or pay the money or tobacco mentioned in the execution, such sheriff or other officer, shall return the bond to the office of the clerk of the Court, from whence the execution issued, to be there safely kept, and to have the force of a judgment; and thereupon it shall be lawful for the Court, when such bond shall be lodged, upon the motion of the person to whom the same is payable, his executors or administrators, to award execution for the money and tobacco therein mentioned, with interest thereon from the date of the bond, till payment, and costs; provided the obligors, their executors or administrators, or such of them against whom execution is awarded, have ten days' previous notice of such motion. In this case, the condition of the bond recited a fieri facias against William B. Alexander and Richard B. Alexander, but was levied on the property of William B. Alexander only. The bond was executed by William B. Alexander, and his sureties. The notice of the motion to award execution on this bond, was addressed to the obligors, and imported that the motion was to award execution on their forthcoming bond, bearing date, &c., and taken by virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued, &c., 'in my name, against William B. Alexander, &c.' On the motion, the forthcoming bond, and the execution on which it was taken, were shown to the Court; and the proceedings were regular in all respects, except that the notice stated the bond to be taken by virtue of a writ of fieri facias, issued against William B. Alexander, whereas it was in fact issued against William B. Alexander and Richard B. Alexander. It was admitted, that this was the execution on which the forthcoming bond was taken, and the only execution in which the said William B. Alexander was a party.