Taylor, Symonds Co. v. Bliss

These are petitions for writs of prohibition against the justice of the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, to restrain him from administering the oath for the relief of poor debtors to one Nathan Gluckman, against whom execution has been issued in favor of each of the petitioners in an action of deceit. Nathan Gluckman has not yet been taken upon the executions served, but has, nevertheless, made application for relief therefrom under the provisions of Gen. Laws, 1909, cap. 326, § 17, which reads as follows: “Every defend ant in any execution, who would, if committed to jail…