Payne v. Stevens

From a confused and badly mixed record, we gather thé facts in this case to be substantially as follows; The. plaintiff in errpr took out a possessory warrant against C. M. Stone, and the constable executed the warrant by arresting the defendant and delivering him to the sheriff of the county, who, for some reason not apparent, turned him loose. The justice of the peace who issued the possessory warrant issued an execution for costs against the defendant, Stone. But the fi. fa. seems neither to have found Stone nor any of his property;- whereupon the justice of the peace, in his praiseworthy…