Stevens v. Beckes

This is an action on the case against the defendant in error, for making a false return to an execution of fi. fa., as sheriff of the county of Knox. The declaration avers that at the February term, 1820, of the Knox Circuit Court, the plaintiffs in error, who were plaintiffs below, recovered a judgment before the said Court, against one Willis Fellows, for 2,500 dollars with interest thereon from the 16th day of February, 1819, together with costs, &c.; that on the 5th day of April, 1820, while the said judgment remained unpaid and in full force, an execution offi. fa. issued thereon in…