Legal Opinion

Tucker v. Carr

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided April 26, 1898PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Debt on bond.

1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.

August 8, 1884, Abby Lawton sued' out a writ against Albert H. Carr, in assumpsit, for rent, which was served August 14, 1884, by attachment both of real and personal property. The next day the sheriff surrendered the personal property attached, upon a bond, under Pub. Laws E. I. cap. 207, § 20. At the November term, 1889, of the Court of Common Pleas in Washington county, judgment was entered for the plaintiff for $1,026.38. Abby Lawton died November 22, 1888. Execution issued December 7, 1888. Edward Tucker, deputy sheriff, demanded a return of the property and then brought suit on the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Biddle v. WilkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
  2. Renwick v. WilsonNew York Court of Chancery · 1822
  3. Shackleford v. CunninghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1867
  4. Bird v. SmithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1852

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Metts v. BB REALTY COMPANYSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1970

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