Johnson v. Bradley
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 22 — MOTION APPEAL FROM ROWAN CIRCUIT COURT. o IT E D 1 Littell, 197, Fergus v. Ball. 3 Met. 347, Terrill v. Cecil. CITED Civil Code, sec. 481. 3 Met. 4. 7 Bush, 476, Young, McDowell & Co. v. Bennett. 6 Bush, 328. ' 1 Sess. Acts 1869, p. 175. 14'B. Mon. 137, Wicldiffe v. Carroll. 18 B. Mon. 223. 1 Duvall, 93.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE COFER
delivered the opinion of the court.
Section 5, article 17, chapter 38 of the General Statutes provides that “any sheriff or other like officer in whose hands an execution is placed to do execution thereof who fails to return the' same to the office whence it issued for thirty days after the return day of the same, without reasonable excuse for *667such failure, shall, with his sureties or the personal representatives or heirs or devisees of .either, be liable, jointly or severally, to the plaintiff in such execution for the amount thereof, and thirty per cent damages thereon and costs…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Thompson v. HealyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1863
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- Willis v. CalhounCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
- Bunnell v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1876
- Ridgway v. Moody's AdministratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1891
- Troutman v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
- Carroll v. SullivanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1949
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