Graham v. Newton
Ohio Supreme Court
This was a Writ of Error, reserved to give a construction to the statutes, in ascertaining the amount in which a sheriff should be amerced for neglect or refusal “ to execute any writ of execution to him directed, and which hath come to his hands.” Swan’s Stat. 483, sec. 31.
1Opinion of the Court
Read, Judge.
At the- June term of the court of Common Pleas, 1841, Ralph W. Newton obtained judgment against Daniel Taft, for *211the sum of $158.32, and costs, $9.19. Execution was duly issued, placed in the hands of the sheriff, which he neglected or refused to execute, and neglected or refused to return according to law. For these causes a motion was made to amerce the sheriff. The proceedings being regular, and due notice having been given to the sheriff, the court, at the February term, 1843, pronounced the following judgment: That James Graham, late sheriff of this county, be and he is…
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