Bird v. Harris

Bleckley, Justice.

Harris, as executor of Harris, petitioned for a rule against Williams, the sheriff, requiring the latter to show cause why he should not pay over certain money which remained in his hands after satisfying the execution under which it was raised, and other executions against the executor, the money being tbe proceeds of the testator’s property which the sheriff had exposed to sale. A rule nisi was granted. The sheriff answered, admitting the possession of the amount of money which the movant claimed, and alleging as the *434only reason for not paying it over, that he had been…