Jones v. Vanzandt

OPINION OF THE COURT. In this action the plaintiff, a citizen of Kentucky, claims from the defendant the penalty of five hundred dollars, under the act of congress of 1793 [1 Stat. 302], respecting fugitives from labor, on the ground that the defendant did harbor certain fugitives who escaped from his services, into the state of Ohio. The defendant pleaded not guilty, but he died before trial, and a scire facias was issued to revive the suit against his administrators. To this scire facias the defendant demurs, and this presents the question whether the suit can be revived. All actions which…