Smith v. Yale
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on a sheriff’s bond; brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County, and tried to the court before Sanford, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for-the defendants. Appeal by plaintiff. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This is an action on the official bond of the sheriff for the default of one of his deputies. The alleged default consisted in an omission to make personal demand of the garnishee in serving an execution issued on a judgment in a suit of foreign attachment. The officer made demand at the usual place of abode of the garnishee, and returned the execution unsatisfied on the 25th day of October, 1878. The execution creditor brought a scire facias against the garnishee, which was tried and determined against the plaintiff, on the ground that no personal demand was made of the garnishee at the…
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