Crooker v. Melick

Cobb, Ch. J.

The plaintiff in error made and presented in the district ■court of Lancaster county bis motion in writing against the defendant in error, in the following words:

“Now comes the plaintiff in said cause, and moves the court for an order of amercement against Samuel Melick, sheriff of Lancaster county, in two causes of action, wherein Jabez C. Crooker is plaintiff, and Edward Haley is defendant, for the reason that executions in said sheriff’s hands were not returned by him within the time and manner provided by law, and the sheriff neglected and refused to levy the same- upon…