Gorton v. Frizzell
Illinois Supreme Court
This is an action of debt for an escape, commenced by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, in the Rock Island Circuit Court. The summons and declaration claim $102 debt, and $200 damages.
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This is an action of debt for an escape, commenced by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, in the Rock Island Circuit Court. The summons and declaration claim $102 debt, and $200 damages. The declaration avers that the plaintiff, on the 10th of July, 1855, before E. R. Bean, J. P. of Rock Island county, recovered a judgment against James Bowie, for $102 and the plaintiff’s costs; that on the 20th of July, 1855, the plaintiff sued out a capias ad satisfaciendum upon the judgment, which was delivered to a constable, by virtue of which writ he arrested James Bowie and conveyed…
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
This was an action of debt, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, sheriff of Bock Island county, for an escape.
The declaration contains two counts; the first avers that the plaintiff, on the tenth of July, 1855, before a justice of the peace of Bock Island county, recovered a judgment against one James Bowie, for one hundred and two dollars and costs ; and that on the 20th July, he sued out a capias ad satisfaciendum upon the judgment, which was delivered to a constable of that county, on which he arrested Bowie and conveyed him. to the common jail, and delivered…
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