Bonner v. Copley

This suit was commenced on a sequestration bond, to recover the sum of five thousand dollars damages, for illegally suing out a writ of sequestration in a possessory action for a tract of land, by George W. Copley, now deceased.

The case was tried by a jury, who found a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for the sum of $1,686 25, subject to a credit of $250, with eight per cent, per annum interest thereon, from the 1st of March, 1854, to the date of the verdict. rJ’lio finding of the jury was confirmed by the judgment of the lower court, and the defendants have appealed.

The jury, in their…