Major v. State ex rel. Gappin
Indiana Supreme Court
ERROR to the Tippecanoe Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtDewey, J.
Debt by the state on the relation of Gappin against the administrator of a constable, founded on the constable’s official bond. The declaration alleges that the relator on, &c., recovered a judgment, before a justice of the peace, against certain persons for a certain sum and costs; that on, &c., an execution was duly issued and delivered by *72the justice of the peace to the constable, commanding him that of the goods and chattels of the execution-debtors “ he should make the debt, damages, and costs aforesaid, and make legal service and return of said writ.” It is then averred that the…
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jones v. State ex rel. La Fayette InsuranceIndiana Supreme Court · 1841
- State ex rel. Johnson v. SovernsIndiana Supreme Court · 1842
3Cited by2 opinions
- Jones v. Van BeverCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- Hawkins v. ThomasIndiana Court of Appeals · 1891