Ransom v. Keyes & Landon
New York Supreme Court
Debt on bond; given by the defendants to the plaintiff as ° i. r , . sheriff of the comity of Niagara, (now the county of Erie,) tried at the Erie circuit, before Birdsall, C. Judge, on the 7th day of September, 1826. The declaration contained one count only, setting forth a bond, dated October, 23d, 1816; given by the defendants ’ ’ ’ ’ ° J to *the plaintiff, in the penalty of $824, with a condition that Chancey Keyes, (one. of the defendants) who was in custody of the…
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Debt on bond; given by the defendants to the plaintiff as ° i. r , . sheriff of the comity of Niagara, (now the county of Erie,) tried at the Erie circuit, before Birdsall, C. Judge, on the 7th day of September, 1826. The declaration contained one count only, setting forth a bond, dated October, 23d, 1816; given by the defendants ’ ’ ’ ’ ° J to *the plaintiff, in the penalty of $824, with a condition that Chancey Keyes, (one. of the defendants) who was in custody of the plaintiff as sheriff, by virtue of a ca. sa. issued out of the supreme court, at the suit of Eli Hart and John Lay, junior,…
1Opinion of the Court
Curia, per Woodworth, J.
This was an action of debt on a. bond, conditioned that Keyes, who. had been arrested on a ca..sa. should, remain, a faithful prisoner.
*It appeared that a judgment was obtained in August term, 181.6,. in.favor of Hart.& Lay, against Keyes-& Bronson,, for $412. The judgment was in assumpsit. In the vacation following, .a .ca. sa, issued, on -which Keyes was arrested, and shortly after escaped. -In November, .1816, a suit was commenced against the plaintiff (the sheriff) for the escape;. and judgment recovered in «May term,. 1817. The amount of . this .recovery, Albert…
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