Fisher v. State ex rel. Johnson
General Court of Virginia
Error to Harford county court. It was an action of debt upon a bond, which had been referred by the county court to arbitrators, who awarded a particular sum to he due, and for which sum the court entered judgment. stated that the judgment had been incorrectly entered by the county court. That it ought to have been for the penalty of the bond, or amount of the debt for which the suit had been brought, and costs, to be released on payment of the sum awarded.
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Error to Harford county court. It was an action of debt upon a bond, which had been referred by the county court to arbitrators, who awarded a particular sum to he due, and for which sum the court entered judgment. stated that the judgment had been incorrectly entered by the county court. That it ought to have been for the penalty of the bond, or amount of the debt for which the suit had been brought, and costs, to be released on payment of the sum awarded. He moved, under the authority of the case of Duvall vs. Wells, (4 Harr. 8f M(Hen. 163,) for a writ of diminution to the county court,…
1Opinion of the Court
Writ of diminution granted(a)
The county court returned a record of the judgment se amended, which was afterwards affirmed at October term 1804.
2Cited by1 opinion
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