Williams v. Clay

Opinion op the Court,

bp Ch. J. Bople.

THIS was a writ of error coram vibis with supersedeas, brought by Williams against Clay, in the Madison cir-cup court, to quash an execution of fieri facias, issued lIPon a judgment obtained by the latter against the former. The errors assigned in the petition for a supersedeas, were the following, in substance:

*st' ^hat die execution issued illegally, there being judgment in force to warrant it.

2d. That there had previously issued upon the same judgment, a co. sa, which was duly executed on the plaintiff in error, and' he, in the year 1815, took the oath…