Belknap v. Davis
Supreme Court of Vermont
Scire Facias against the defendant, as bail for one Pliny E. Davis upon mesne process in favor of the plaintiff against said Pliny.
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Scire Facias against the defendant, as bail for one Pliny E. Davis upon mesne process in favor of the plaintiff against said Pliny. The plaintiff alleged, that he recovered judgment in his suit against Pliny E. Davis on the first day of November, 1842, and that the execution which was obtained against him was returned non est inventus December 30, 1842. The defendant pleaded in bar, that Pliny E. Davis, after the rendition of the judgment in favor of the plaintiff against him, and before the execution was returned non est inventus, to wit, December 26, 1842, obtained a discharge in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kellogg, J.
This was an action of scire facias against the defendant, as bail on mesne process for one Pliny E. Davis. The defendant pleaded the discharge and certificate of his principal, as a bankrupt, setting forth all the proceedings in the court, where the discharge was obtained, anterior to the certificate. Upon this plea issue was taken, denying that any notice was given to the plaintiff of the application for a discharge. Upon the trial of the issue, the only evidence, introduced in support of the plea, was the record of the proceedings in the…
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