Collier v. State ex rel. Lewis

This action was commenced on the 7th of Ju/ne, 1853, against Collier and his securities, on his official bond as sheriff of Putnam county.

The breach assigned is, that Lewis, the relator, having recovered a judgment against one Dicken, sued out an execution thereon, dated December 12,1851, and delivered it to Collier, who continued to be such sheriff until October, 1852; that he failed to deliver the execution to his successor in office, or to return it to the clerk’s office from whence it issued, at the expiration of one year from its date.

J. A. Matson, for the appellants. C. C. Nave, for the…