Wilkie v. Hall
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action on the case, for neglect of duty by the defendant, as a deputy of the sheriff of Litchfield county, in not keeping and delivering up, when demanded, to be taken on execution, 35 mahogany cased, bronze-pillared clocks, which the defendant, as such deputy sheriff', had previously attached in a suit brought by the present plaintiff" against Anson 11. Stuart.
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This was an action on the case, for neglect of duty by the defendant, as a deputy of the sheriff of Litchfield county, in not keeping and delivering up, when demanded, to be taken on execution, 35 mahogany cased, bronze-pillared clocks, which the defendant, as such deputy sheriff', had previously attached in a suit brought by the present plaintiff" against Anson 11. Stuart. The action was commenced in December, 1836. The declaration alleged, that said suit of Wilkie v. Stuart was commenced, by a writ of attachment, dated November 30th, 1833; which was served immediately, by the defendant, by…
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, J.
The plaintiff, as long ago as November 30th, 1833, had attached thirty-five clocks of Anson H. Stuart, in a suit in his favour against said Stuart. The defendant, then *36a deputy of the sheriff of Litchfield county, had served the writ of attachment, and in 'due form of law, then made and certified upon the writ, his doings thereon, under his official oath and authority. Since the commencement of this action against him, and while it was pending in the county court, to wit, in January 1838, and at a time after the defendant had ceased to be and was no longer a deputy sheriff, and several years…
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